Word: chungkingers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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On their tight little isle the British have dreamed and schemed of a symphony of nations, of what Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden has called an "orderly law-abiding" society which will make the world "one village street from Edinburgh to Chungking." This week, in the pessimism following Casablanca, such...
"Uncle Joe" was puzzled as his car rolled down the driveway. In the courtyard of his Chungking headquarters the entire staff of his China-Burma-India Command stood stiffly at attention. As Uncle Joe stepped out Colonel William ("Zamboanga Bill") Bergin stepped forward and shook his hand. "What is this...
On the same day in Chungking a new Sino-British treaty was signed. Sealed with red wax and red, white & blue ribbons, it corresponded in all major respects to that signed in Washington. Cabled Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill: "This is to me...
An old legend credits blustering Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston with instructing one of his envoys to China a century ago: "Never forget that you are the representative of Her Most Christian Majesty dealing with heathen barbarians." This week there was only one profane Chungking witticism to commemorate him: "If Lord...
If so, 1) the number of U.S. transport planes sent to China's aid had been carefully concealed up to now; or 2) the amount of aid sent over the Burma Road had been smaller than anyone knew; or 3) the President had based his statement on overoptimistic reports...