Word: gissimo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chen Pu-lei, The Gissimo's thin secretary, is probably closest to him of all. Chen, 53, from the Gissimo's home province (Chekiang), was a distinguished journalist until he became Chiang's secretary in 1935. His importance rests in his determining who sees Chiang and what Chiang sees...
...northern warlords in 1926. He has been Chief of Staff ever since. Ferociously antiCommunist, with several pet hates in his own Army, he holds all the strings and politically fears nothing. He works closely with Dr. H. H. Kung, 62, who controls Civil Administration. Brother-in-law of the Gissimo, "Daddy" Kung has for many years controlled Government finances, and is a great believer in printed currency. As Vice President of the Executive Yuan (Chiang is nominally President) he keeps his finger on all civil government...
...notoriously reactionary Chen Brothers control the Kuomintang Party. Chen Kuo-fu, 54, Chief of Personnel of the Gissimo's staff, and Chen Li-fu, 53, Minister of Education, who together represent the extreme right wing...
Stolid, stocky Chang Chun, 55, "the Gissimo's one-man brain trust," is Governor of Szechwan and leader of the top-notch circle of industrial planners known as the Political Science Group. An able administrator, he has done an admirable job since 1940 of breaking Chungking's province to the Government yoke. He should not be confused with Chen Cheng, 43, able young general commanding the central front and representative of the most influential field officers...
...Wang Chung-hui, 61, are Chiang's philosophers. Tai, Kuomintang's leading theoretician and head of the Examination Yuan, has great influence on the Gissimo's thinking. Cautious, scholarly Wang is secretary general of the Supreme National Defense Council, which makes major decisions...