Word: manchurian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...letter of their word. It is taken for granted, even among Russophobes, that the Red Army will have withdrawn when the Chinese forces arrive. In Chungking the Government has elected to create the impression that all goes smoothly; the Bear will of course turn over the keys to the Manchurian house. But privately there is worry over what may be found under...
Meanwhile Chungking heard - and half believed - that the Red Army gave the back of its hand to Manchurian Communists, forbade them to attempt any organization...
...Japan, the nation's totalitarian party, prepared to disband-and to reorganize under new colors. The East Asia Federation, a patriotic society, made ready to enter politics; its leader seemed likely to be fanatical Lieut. General Kanji Ishihara, a retired Kwantung Army sword-rattler who helped plot the Manchurian adventure...
China and Russia will be co-owners of the two Manchurian railroads-the Chinese Eastern and the South Manchurian, both built by Russia. (Stalin remarked to Soong: "We haven't had much use of them." Soong's reply: "That wasn't our fault; we didn't guarantee you against the Japs.") Russian soldiers may not use the railroads except to fight Japan. Railway guards will be exclusively Chinese...
...which China claims. China must also allow certain provinces of Inner Mongolia to unite with Outer Mongolia. (On this point Stalin was adamant.) Manchuria must have a "very liberal autonomy"; China must acknowledge Russian interests in the province and settle Russian claims to the strategic Chinese Eastern and South Manchurian railways. The Russians suggested "considerable autonomy" for Sinkiang, with "rectification" of its frontiers in favor of neighboring Soviet Asia...