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...after his arrival, General Wainwright was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, entertained by Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. From his old commander, General Douglas MacArthur, came a heartwarming invitation to attend the surrender of the Japanese Empire...
Last week the Generalissimo sent his second telegram of invitation to Mao Tse-tung: "To achieve national reconstruction and reap the fruits of the war of resistance will depend to a great extent upon your coming to Chungking to discuss and jointly formulate our national policies. ... I cannot but feel sorry you are delaying your departure...
...Generalissimo sent a third telegram (in Chinese tradition, to invite thrice is to prove sincerity): "I must talk to you in person. ... I have prepared a plane to bring you here. Please hasten...
Plan for Progress. The overall plan stemmed from Sun Yat-sen's famed Outline for Industrial Development. In the dark days at Chungking, when victory seemed so remote, planning had been the food of hope. Blueprints had been polished and refined. In 1941, the Generalissimo had distilled what will become China's first long-range plan to transform herself into a modern industrial power...
Whatever the factors of uncertainty might be, the Generalissimo was determined to push national reconstruction. It was an indissoluble part of Chiang's plan...