Word: communists
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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HELP FROM THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES in all areas under military attack by Communist-led forces. This would include vast regions of West and South China, Burma and Indo-China. Goal: the liberation of Asiatic areas now held by Communists...
While shouting masses paraded to celebrate the Communist takeover, U.S. Consul General John M. Cabot decided to run the blockade. Hands in pockets (to avoid any possible charges of having used violence), Cabot advanced to the door; the workers refused to let him pass. "There is nothing we can do," said Mr. Cabot and turned back, hands still in his pockets. His staff broke out K rations...
...withdrew, pending negotiations, a graver incident occurred. Mild, retiring U.S. Vice Consul William M. Olive, who had left the consulate before the siege began, got stuck in his car amid the parading mob; he waited for two hours, then was arrested for traffic violations and obstructing the parade. The Communist cops did not allow U.S. officials to see him in jail. Sixty-six hours later he was released-after, as the Reds put it, "being given sincere and serious education by the police...
...jail Olive had been brutally beaten. A medical report of two physicians issued by the U.S. Consulate said: ". . . Soreness in all muscles and joints, also bruises, contusions and abrasions, and some evidence of internal injuries." Before he was released, Olive had been forced to sign a statement which the Communist press gleefully displayed: ". . . I already have admitted my mistake [and] have repented and inwardly feel deeply regretful . . . I did not receive any ill treatment...
...still waiting. Pro-Leopoldists have accused him again & again of usurping his brother's power. Charles has answered by going into virtual seclusion. Such tasks of royalty as the laying of cornerstones have fallen into the hands of Queen Mother Elisabeth, now 72, an eccentric patron of Communist art exhibits...