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...defense perimeter around his ragged forces and then went down to Bangkok to seek arms and supplies from wealthy Chinese merchants. Soon big, green, unmarked C-46s were flying into an airfield which Li Mi's men had built at Monghsat. Li Mi began commuting to Formosa, where he was well received...
Protest. A fortnight ago, Burma formally asked the U.N. to condemn the Nationalist government on Formosa for an act of aggression, and accused its armies of preying on the countryside and instituting a "veritable reign of terror-looting, pillaging, raping and murdering." The Burmese said that the original Li Mi force of 1,700 men had been built up into an army of 12,000 by local recruiting, and was now commanded by Chinese Nationalist General Liu Kuo-chuan. The whereabouts of General Li Mi was now something of a mystery: the Nationalists say he is in Formosa recovering from...
...Republic of China. It calls itself the Yunnan AntiCommunist and National Salvation Army. It is not subject to control by my government." But, said Dr. Tsiang, his government, at the suggestion of the U.S., would 1) attempt to stop the collection of money from the people of Formosa for the Yunnan army; 2) refuse the clearance of airplanes chartered for the delivery of supplies to the border region. Added Tsiang: "Insofar as we can be said to have some influence over General Li Mi, we have used that influence in favor of the wishes of the government of Burma...
...delegates will reassemble after committee meetings for a plenary session in Sever Hall Sunday afternoon to discuss the internationalization of Formosa...
...itinerary: Japan, Formosa, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Siam, India (where he spent two weeks at the Lucknow meetings of he World Council of Churches), Egypt, then down the east coast of Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Rhodesia) to Johannesburg and up the west coast (the Belgian and French Congos, the Cameroons, Nigeria, the Gold Coast...