Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...program was drawn in the U.S. But it has already been examined and approved by 300 of her technicians and by Economic Minister Wong Wen-hao. It has also been O.K.'d by Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek...
Promptly the Embassy staff made ready for their presentation to Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek...
...Embassy staff-21 strong-were tailless, so there was a compromise on dark suits. Pat Hurley wore his beribboned, bemedaled, two-star uniform. At 9 a.m. the staff ran through a dress rehearsal. By n o'clock all hands had gathered at the curly-roofed headquarters building of Chiang's Government...
...interpreter rendered it into faultless English. Then Pat Hurley presented his credentials. One formal hand shake was called for; the Ambassador added another for friendship's sake. As the Generalissimo lowered his hand, observers saw that Hurley's martial pressure had left it white and bloodless. But Chiang's face beamed...
Next the Ambassador introduced the members of his staff, many of whom were well-known to Chiang. That done, the ambassadorial staff bowed, retreated backward to the middle of the hall, bowed again, gained the approximate rear without peeking over their shoulders, bowed a third time, then, still moving backward, oozed out the door. No one stumbled, no one grinned. It was a performance worthy of the Rockettes...