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Cheng's challenge was promptly conveyed to Yuri Mikhailovich Zezukevich, the Russians' acting director of the Combine, and his assistant, multilingual George Chneider. Countered Chneider: "Our presence is not only admitted and approved by both Russia and China, but ordered. I have been informed that a joint commission in Harbin is even now discussing the future of Fushun. Until they reach a decision, the Combine continues to belong to the Sino-Soviet Changchun Railroad. Surely we do not intend just to sit around and drink tea. Maybe it is a Chinese custom to drink tea in the office...
...drunk; but a ghost sat at the groaning board. The Russians complained that the Chinese made many "transparent allusions" to the murder of Chinese Engineer Chang Hsin-fu, killed near Fushun last January. The Chinese believe the Russians were responsible. The Russians believe that Chinese Communists were guilty. Reported Chneider: "The Chinese kept telling us that they would guarantee our safety to Mukden, and then the Chinese would remind us that the Red Army gave the same pledge to their murdered colleague...
...Russians held a meeting, worried about a possible "incident," wondered how to protect their wives and children who had settled in Fushun with them. "The Chinese have taken over by force," Chneider said, shrugging as only Russians can. "We have no force." Finally, the Russians got in touch with their headquarters in Mukden, gratefully received their orders to leave Fushun...
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