Word: dairen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Armies, navies and air forces maneuvered from Dairen to Labrador; Russia countered a U.S. charge of undue meddling in Manchuria with a charge that the U.S. had done the same in Bulgaria. Moscow again claimed that Russian forces had stayed in Manchuria at Chinese request, and alleged that "fascist" armies were being maintained in the U.S. and British zones of Germany. The Greek elections wavered toward postponement because of a leftist boycott; chancelleries puzzled what to do next with Rightist Dictators Franco and Perón. The Danes politely asked Russia to loosen her grip on Bornholm island; the Iranians...
Last week the only two nations carving out new foreign privileges in East Asia were the Soviet Russians and the Chinese. In Manchuria the Russians had taken back many of the Tsar's concessions-a naval base at Port Arthur, a free port at Dairen, a 30-year partnership in the main Manchurian railways. They were asking for more-reportedly for control of Manchurian heavy industry, long regarded as the key to China's future...
...Russians, he said, took 70% to 80% of Anshan's equipment, including foundry tools, machine shop, steel rolling and milling machines, chemical equipment, trucks, locomotives. The booty was sent by rail to Dairen and to Russian-occupied Korea, for shipment to Russia...
...apparently the Soviet Union's dual desire to rebuild Russia's own factories with Manchurian equipment, and to weaken China on her Asiatic flank. Mukden has been reduced from a great industrial city into a tragic, crowded way station on the Russian-controlled railroad to Dairen. A strong China is not Russia...
...last August's treaty between Chungking and Moscow, Russia acquired a 30-year partnership in the main Manchurian railways, a joint naval base at Port Arthur and a free port at Dairen. Last week the Russians were said to be asking for a share in operating Manchurian mines, heavy industry and telephone lines. For the new Soviet citizens from Shanghai, the prospects indeed looked rosy...