Word: gimo
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...almost never appears. Yet with probably no other person, not excepting Madame Chiang, does the Generalissimo spend more of his waking hours. In Chungking days, the two would cross the Yangtze together to the presidential home high above the south bank. Watchers would see two silent figures in the Gimo's power launch -Chiang in unadorned uniform, Chen in mandarin gown, reading each other's thoughts, rarely uttering a word...
...emergency. At a time when much depends on what the West thinks of China's Government, liberal forces have grown stronger in Nanking. Chang Chun, whose own version of the East-West amalgam is between Chen's and T. V. Soong's, is premier with the Gimo's blessing. The interim regime that is to prepare for full-scale constitutional government and free elections, by next Christmas, contains few CC clique men, is strong with representatives of the more liberal "Political Science Group." Chen has an interesting explanation of the difference between his CC clique...
Chang got Szechwan under control, gathered more experience at the Gimo's elbow, practiced his halting English. Sociable, with an eye for bright ties and an ear for funny stories, Chang got along well with Westerners...
Above all, Hangchow is now a place where many a statesman seeks surcease from the slings and arrows of partisanship. T. V. Soong rested here recently and even the Gimo stopped over on his way back toward the haggle of Government reorganization. Five hundred years ago, Hsieh Chin wrote...
...cover must be turned in Washington. The Secretary of State and the U.S. people must choose one of three possible policies toward China-a policy of confusion and aimless drift; a policy of complete withdrawal, which influential voices will vigorously advocate; or a policy of continuous aid to the Gimo's Government on the condition of continued reform such as has been evident in the past year." If the U.S. did not make up its mind soon, doubt about eventual U.S. aid would encourage the Chinese Communists in their efforts to destroy the Chinese Government's currency...