Word: kai-shek
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...asked to, but only if asked to, Chiang Kai-shek is willing to reconsider his 1950 offer of three Formosan divisions to fight with the U.N. armies in Korea. "That offer . . . was refused," Tsiang said. "We understand the grounds for the refusal. [We have not] renewed our offer . . . We ourselves are not convinced that Korea is the best place for the Free Chinese to make a contribution...
...test of the Review Board's indictment has had a further demoralizing effect. One paragraph "notes" Vincent's praise of the Chinese communists "at a time when it was the declared and established policy of the United States to support Chiang Kai-Shek's government." Without clarification, the meaning of this statement is obscure and highly disturbing. Foreign Service officers wonder whether the Board is accusing Vincent of actively pursuing a contradictory policy, or whether "declared and established policy" means a party line with which private disagreement is suspect. As long as this is unexplained, any foreign officer must question...
...Shih, China's most respected scholar, who was concluding his first visit to Formosa since that strategic island became the Nationalist refuge and stronghold. Scholar Hu (who has been leading the scholarly life in New York and Princeton) received a flattering and festive welcome, dined with Chiang Kai-shek and lectured to eager crowds...
...board noted Vincent's "studied praise of Chinese Communists and equally studied criticism of the Chiang Kai-shek government . . . indifference to any evidence that the Chinese Communists were affiliated with or controlled by the U.S.S.R. . . . close association with numerous persons who, he had reason to believe, were either Communists or Communist sympathizers...
...served as political advisor to Chiang Kai-shek in 1941 and 1942, and as deputy director of Pacific Operations under the Office of War Information from...