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Into Exile. Within 24 hours, the President had plenty to worry about. The commanders of the strong Lima garrison bluntly refused to oppose Odria, advised Bustamante to resign. Scholarly, law-minded Jose Bustamante parried by suggesting that the whole matter be left to the Supreme Court for decision. The soldiers brushed the idea aside. Bustamante knew then that he was finished, but he sat on stubbornly in his grandiose palace on the Plaza de Armas until four officers came to escort him to the Limatambo airfield and Argentine exile...
...Nationalist strategy of evacuation was Mukden (see map), site of the best arsenal in all China. Twice in the last fortnight Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had flown north to confer with General Wei Li-huang, Mukden's commander, and stir him to a more active defense. As the garrison from starving Changchun hacked southward to join the Mukden forces, Wei's columns drove down to retake the port of Yingkow, reopening Mukden to direct sea supply. More of Wei's troops thrust west to relieve Chinhsien...
...closed in for the kill on rich Taiyuan, capital of Shansi province. Like Mukden ,Taiyuan has an excellent arsenal. During the last Communist attack on Taiyuan some months ago, Nationalist airborne reinforcements came in to save the day. This time it looked as if the outnumbered 40,000-man garrison would have to fight it out alone...
...persuasive direct evidence that Russia is preparing an immediate military attack. The Red Army has at least 14 divisions in Eastern Germany-a formidable force compared to the U.S., British and continental troops facing them. There is, however, little evidence that the Russians have been building up their garrison in Germany or preparing it to strike. Some evidence exists of increasing Russian military concentration much farther east, between Kiev and the Rumanian border. This might be preparation for an attack. On the other hand, it might be a Russian defensive measure, springing from the Kremlin's uneasiness over...
...Faster Ahead." Not even ten catties of gold, say refugees from Changchun, can buy an air ticket from the dying northeastern capital. The emergency planes that bring in supplies for the Nationalist garrison take only highest priority people...