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General Alexander von Falkenhausen, 64, chief for Belgium, is rated a keen, well-tested strategist. Tall, spare, pince-nezed, Junker Falkenhausen has served around the world, was once a $10,000-a-year military adviser to Chiang Kaishek. He likes to read U.S. and British whodunits, play with his prize dachshunds. In action Allied commanders rate him a keen, dangerous opponent...
...first stop was at West Point (pop. 2,510), where a high-school band and a thousand curious townsmen clustered on the main street. Wendell Willkie, hero to millions in 1940, world-flying confidant of Churchill, Stalin and Chiang Kaishek, climbed up on a truck. Slouched against the cab, hands in pockets, he urged his listeners to unite behind the next President "whoever...
...told that if he would march his people into the war without asking embarrassing questions he could sit afterwards at the peace table 'with Ireland's traditional friends.' I presume that referred to Haile Selassie and Chiang Kaishek...
Newsmen in Chungking last week received from Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek a curt reply to their request for permission to visit the Communist area. Said the Gissimo, who is now trying to settle the differences between Chungking and Red China: The Central Government will extend them a formal invitation "when the time comes...
...paid relatively little attention to her brother, despite the fact that he was officially Foreign Minister of his country. T. V. had little or no influence on her. Packed Board. T. V. left the U.S. last fall, returned to Chungking, failed to patch up his differences with Chiang Kaishek. Last week, the Bank of China's board voted to increase its membership from twelve to 25, thus gave the anti-Soong, pro-Kung group decisive voting power. T. V. was forced out; H. H. was handed a post which will enable him to complete his control over China...