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Word: northwesternmost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Large-scale new Soviet aid to China was reported to be pouring into China's most important area, Szechwan, through her northwesternmost area, Sinkiang. Nightly, said these dispatches, 300 trucks were arriving in Chengtu, Szechwan, loaded with arms and ammunition. Then they drove back to Sinkiang with silver bullion, silk, wood, oil, hides. Personnel of the Soviet trading agency in Chungking (China's capital, also in Szechwan) was said to have been increased to more than 300, and Soviet military advisers, aviators, and officers to more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Bear's Paw | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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