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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hours after Chin died, Treasury Counsel Emanuel Minskoff told a press conference in New York that the U.S. Government is calling a halt to the Chinese Reds' long-distance shakedown. During the past year the Communists have bled millions of dollars from Chinese-Americans with relatives imprisoned in China. The payments benefited the Communists, but not their victims. Some were executed while relatives in the U.S. were still signing ransom checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: No More Blackmail | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

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