Word: manchuria
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...concerned about them (e.g., the very heavy volume of thoughtful mail we have received on the atom bomb). Many letters hit us hard, and sometimes we reciprocate-not always by mail. For example: a University of Shanghai professor wrote in recently to thank us for a large map of Manchuria which hit him on the head outside the TIME & LIFE Building during the blizzard of paper that marked the peak of the V-J Day festivities...
...Kalgan, their prize of the civil war, the Communists can put their backs against Soviet-dominated Mongolia and Siberia, their faces toward Manchuria and North China. The old city guards the Great Wall at Nankow Pass, which is to China what the Khyber Pass is to India...
Assurances. The Generalissimo had solid reason for this firm attitude toward the Chinese Communist rebellion. His armies pushed steadily into Manchuria against light Communist opposition. Even more spectacular was a double triumph for the Generalissimo's diplomacy. From Washington came assurances of U.S. cooperation in his Government's drive for internal order and security. From Moscow came assurances of Russian cooperation in his Government's return to Manchuria...
...Sino-Soviet accord called for a month's delay (from Dec. 3 to Jan. 3) in the Red Army's withdrawal from Manchuria. The Russians would bar Chinese Communists from Mukden and Changchun, hold airfields open for Chiang's forces...
Persistent rumors said that Moscow had exacted a price (i.e., joint Sino-Soviet control of Manchurian mines and other enterprises). In any case, the National Government may have felt a price worthwhile. It had already agreed to give Russia railway, naval and trade rights in Manchuria-though the Moscow press last week sneered at "impetuous American imperialists" (presumably ex-Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley...