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Marshall: If the present [Chiang Kaishek] government falls, the Communists will take power north of the Yangtze River...
Roosevelt thought it could be arranged. On the question of whether Roosevelt had discussed any of these matters with Chiang Kaishek, Sherwood is confusing; he first reports yes on Dairen, later no. At any rate, the conferees discussed whether Chiang Kai-shek should be told...
Stalin said he would let Roosevelt know when F.D.R. should break the news to Chiang Kaishek. "Roosevelt said that he would send an Army officer from Washington through Moscow to Chungking with instructions to Ambassador Hurley, in order to insure secrecy...
Died. General Feng Yu-hsiang, 67, China's gargantuan (6 ft. 4 in., 270 lbs.) "Christian General," as he was sailing back to China "to help overthrow" Chiang Kaishek; in a fire aboard the Russian motorship Pobeda, in the Black Sea. An up-from-the-ranks peasant soldier, Feng participated in Dr. Sun Yat-sen's 1911 coup against the Manchus, reputedly baptized his troops with a garden hose after he became a Methodist in 1913. His quick-change loyalties led him to support and then betray Chiang at least four times...
Asked to choose the people she would most like to meet from a list of newsworthy names, she made the following selections, in order: Mme. Chiang Kaishek, Eleanor Roosevelt, Secretary Marshall, Arturo Toscanini, Bob Hope, Kate Smith, Douglas Mac-Arthur, Joseph Stalin...