Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Speaking to the 150 members of the John Reed Society in Emerson D last night Israel Epstein, far east correspondent for ten years, called for an end to American aid to the shaky regime of Chiang Kai Shek. He praised the policy of General Stilwell who sought to form a coalition of all groups except the extreme right...
Much Need, Little Hope. Wedemeyer's mission meant no basic change in U.S. policy. There never had been any question but that Chiang Kai-shek's government should be helped. The only question was how, and on what terms. Nanking's immediate needs were higher than ever. Inflation ran unchecked, her armies were in danger of losing most of Manchuria, popular support was at a low ebb. Money was desperately needed to rebuild railroads and port facilities, to construct power plants. Nanking's own estimates of her needs ran to $2½ billion...
Japan's economy was also sick; Japan would need substantial political and economic support from the U.S. Washington had scheduled $270 million for Japanese relief in the next year, plus $600 million for U.S. occupation troops-insurance against Japan's turning to Communism. Chiang Kaishek, a onetime war ally of the U.S. and a notable opponent of Communism in China, might see some injustice in all this, but circumstances dictated policies. From the State Department point of view, the "overall situation" of China at present looked hopeless; Japan was a better proposition strategically. China's best hope...
Generalissimo Chiang: "I do not suggest that the millennium is in sight...
...cost Smoky $18.25 (including tax) to be "sociable." Now he plans to call among others Churchill and Madame Chiang. "I would particularly like to talk to Gandhi," he said longingly. "I understand he talks very good American...