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...first military air academy at Hangchow in 1932, helped Chennault build up the Flying Tigers during the Japanese war, served in the postwar period as chief representative of the Chinese air force abroad. But Mao's pet ambition was thwarted when Chiang made the army's General Chou Chih-jou instead of Mao commander in chief of the air force...
...Chou became bitter personal enemies. For Chiang's ears, they told tales of misconduct against each other. The Generalissimo listened patiently, did nothing until Mao's complaints found their way into a Drew Pearson column. Then, angry because private Chinese linen was being washed before the American public, Chiang issued the order for Mao's recall on charges of official misconduct...
...Communists made plain that they were out to wreck rather than ratify. Radio Peking let forth a blast by Foreign Minister Chou Enlai. Just to make sure it would reach home to a land which does not recognize Red China diplomatically, Chou cabled his message, in plain, uncoded English and delivered by Western Union, to Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Gist of Chou's remarks...
...proposed treaty with Japan is "basically unacceptable ... It is in reality a treaty for ... the purpose of rearming Japan and preparing a new world war of aggression for the U.S." An acceptable treaty, continued Chou, would 1) grant Red China control over Formosa, the Pescadores and other islands off the China mainland, 2) approve Russia's Yalta title to South Sakhalin and the Kuriles, and 3) bar U.S. armed forces in Japan. Knowing that they could make no headway against the U.S., the British and the French, the Communists evidently hoped to keep India, Indonesia and other Asian governments...
From Red China's Premier Chou En-lai last week came a sweeping order formalizing the obvious: all Christian missions, schools and hospitals supported by Americans are taken under strict Communist control. Other provisions: ¶ Missions that cannot support themselves may call on Peking for subsidies (or shut up shop). ¶ Missionaries who "oppose the People's Government" will be dismissed, and those charged with "crimes" will be punished. ¶ Missionaries who are "not reactionary" may stay on, but only in subordinate positions...