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Moment of Destiny. Lieut. General Wedemeyer's directive from Washington was simple: help China forge an effective fighting force. In Chungking Wedemeyer faced a vortex of Chinese distrust, U.S. resentment, war weariness, political intrigue, near catastrophe. Two rare qualities were needed to cope with the problem-a mastery of...
Himalayan Headaches. The personal and technical difficulties which had to be surmounted to accomplish this job and keep it going were Himalayan. For Wedemeyer it meant a twelve-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week job. Paper work and conferences were endless. The stream of visitors at the General'...
These problems were twofold: 1) internal political disunity (the Chinese Communists) and reform (at Chungking); 2) China's relations with Russia. The two problems were organically connected by many visible and invisible layers of ragged political nerves and morbid social tissue.
In 1942, when the Russians were hardpressed by the Germans in Europe, General Sheng cracked down on the Russians and turned to Chungking. Moscow, which headed its armies to fight the Germans, accepted the situation, sold its properties in Sinkiang "for dollars or sheep," withdrew its mission.
This week Chungking announced its first action against the culprits. Two junior officials of the Central Government's Central Trust were arrested for their part in the gold sales.