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...against Japan and a Russian pledge not to recognize the Chinese Communist regime. Stalin indicated that he would give the pledge on three conditions : 1 ) China must be democratized through a coalition government worked out between Chungking and Yenan; 2) China must agree to special Russian rights in Sinkiang, Outer Mongolia and China's northern provinces; 3) China must agree to Korea's independence...
...replied that China was ready to negotiate over "special regions." He implied that Russia could have back her pre-1937 railway rights in Manchuria. He suggested a condominium for Outer Mongolia (over which Chungking claims sovereignty). But its Soviet-dominated government must sign a mutual assistance pact with Chungking similar to the one it had signed with Moscow. He conceded that Korea should be independent. But T.V. could not agree to special political status for Russia in Sinkiang, which would jeopardize China's sovereign rights. Nor could he assent to naval or air bases for Russia in Manchuria...
Somewhat oversimplified in Architect Wright's description-a "steel basket shot with concrete"-the outer covering of the building will be winding bands of seamless concrete and glass, rising 100 ft. At the top, the structure will project 24 ft. beyond the ground level building-line. The interior of this huge upended cone will consist of a continuous, gradually rising, gradually widening, ramp picture-gallery ¾ of a mile long. A great glass dome will top the last wide spiral sweep...
Enter a Mongol. On the fifth day of T. V.'s mission another visitor suddenly arrived from the East: Marshal Kharloin Choibalsan, Premier of the Mongolian People's Republic (Outer Mongolia), the vast, semiarid, herd-rich heartland of Central Asia. Like T. V., Marshal Choibalsan deplaned at the central airport. Like T. V., he was greeted by Molotov, a guard of honor and national music. Like T. V., he conferred with Stalin...
...strength of the Kamikaze Corps was already added that of the Jinrai (piloted buzz-bombs) and the Giretsu (airborne saboteurs). Ozawa would go further: he would take surface ships, rig them for self-destruction, then -if the Kamikaze squadrons could blast a way through the "picket line" (outer naval screen)-he would send the ships in to try "body-crashing" tactics against major U.S. fleet units...