Word: chungkingers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the man who has been fighting the Japanese longer than any other world leader gave his answers to some of the war's persistent questions. In Chungking, at his first press conference since 1941 (see FOREIGN NEWS), Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek gave this estimate of the situation...
On the eve of China's ninth year of war, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek spoke to the U.S. Said the Generalissimo, at his first Chungking press conference in almost four years:
"Great progress has recently been made in cooperation with the U.S. [Lieut.] General Wedemeyer [Chiang's U.S. chief of staff] has made a distinctive contribution. . . . [Major] General Hurley [U.S. Ambassador in Chungking] has helped immeasurably. . . ."
From Chungking to Yenan went an invitation: would Communist leaders Mao Tse-tung, Chou Enlai, Tung Pi-wu, Lin Tsu-han, Chen Shao-yu and Teng Yingchao (Mrs. Chou Enlai) attend the July meeting of the People's Political Council, which will plan a national constitutional assembly? From Yenan...
The Communists will boycott the P.P.C. because Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has rejected their demands for "coalition government and other democratic reforms." (Chungking-Yenan unity negotiations broke down when Yenan refused to surrender control of its army to the National Government or to place it under the command of a...