Word: manchuria
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...foolishly permitted the encirclement of Berlin by Soviet forces . . . We gave over to Soviet control the industrial resources of Manchuria, the area of North Korea and the Kuriles pointed at the heart of the Japanese home islands. We condemned our faithful wartime ally, the Chinese people, to the subjugation of Communist tyranny . . ." And once again, on the issue of Korea and the Administration's pursuit of a stalemate, MacArthur warned: "It is fatal to enter any war without the will...
...hence unreported-is that there has been a long-drawn battle which has been in progress almost since the start of the armistice talks." In this light, the Observer was alarmed at the way Britons were talking. "It is still possible to criticize the raids because they indirectly affect Manchuria and Siberia as well as Korea," it added, "but this, compared with the charge that the raids were a deliberate resumption of a discontinued war, is almost a quibble...
Without opposition from 200 MIGs spotted on nearby airfields, and without loss of a single aircraft, the formations blasted five North Korean power plants which supply not only 90% of all power for Communist North Korea, but also power for Communist Manchuria. The principal target was the great Suiho power project on the south bank of the Yalu, keystone of the hydroelectric development which pipes electricity to the Chinese "Ruhr" in Manchuria, to Soviet bases in Port Arthur and Dairen, and to the Russian port of Vladivostok. It lies only 3,000 ft. from Manchurian soil. The bombers spared giant...
...convicted war criminal General Sadao Araki, who directed Japan's 1931 conquest of Manchuria, served in 1938-39 as Japan's Minister of Education...
...phrase, call their Russian guests "Big Brothers," and rely on the Russians to teach them how to expand and run their industry and transport. If the Russians do withdraw as promised, thousands of Big Brothers will undoubtedly remain behind -in the guise of technical advisers-to make sure that Manchuria does not stray from the Russian sphere. Kao Kang has, in effect, two bosses looking on, and so far, seems to be satisfying both...