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...antipathy to the U.S.," I am sure [he gave no] such impression two months ago. He discussed U.S. aid objectively, as the way to prevent World War III ... If those around him are anti-American, we have only ourselves to blame. In 1927, when General Chiang married Mei-ling Soong, he wanted very much to visit the U.S.A. and Europe. Trouble with his Communists, which . . . has continued to this day, kept him from making that trip. We are just beginning to learn in this country what he has been up against for more than 20 years...
...Soong got an A.B. from Harvard in 1915, returned to China to become one of the top political leaders and one of the wealthiest men of his country. He has been Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, chairman of the board of the Bank of China. During the crucial years 1945-47, he was Premier...
...Soong is now living comfortably in the U.S., where much of his money is. He has failed to obey the summons of his brother-in-law, Chiang Kaishek, to go back to Formosa and take his share of responsibility for the defense of the last citadel of the Chinese Nationalist government...
Last week from Formosa came an announcement of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang: T. V. Soong was no longer a member of the committee. In Manhattan, Soong made no comment...
...York, T. V. Soong, 55, onetime Premier of China, now listed by the Communists as a "war criminal," arrived with Mme. Soong by plane from France, where he had been taking a rest cure at Aix-les-Bains. No politics connected with his trip, he said. It was just a three-month visit as "a private citizen," chiefly "to see my children [Laurette, 21, Mary Jane, 19, Katherine, 18, all going to school in the U.S.] and old friends," and, "of course,"his sister, Mme. Chiang Kaishek...