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...Wang had offered what he called "important concessions." They had been formulated by himself and T. V. Soong, Acting President of the Executive Yuan and the Central Government's crack trouble shooter. To meet Yenan's demand for a democratic coalition government, Chungking was ready to give the Communists legal status and minority posts in the National Defense Council and Executive Yuan. To meet Yenan's demand for an all-party constitutional convention, Chungking offered to convoke an all-party meeting to consider "military and political unification pending a national congress." But when Chungking asked Yenan...
...long hall stood the Generalissimo in uniform. T. V. Soong, Acting President of the Executive Yuan, who usually wears a business suit, wore a Chinese gown. Other Chinese dignitaries flanked them. Two abreast, with Pat Hurley in the van, the Americans advanced toward the hall. At the entrance they bowed. Halfway down the hall they bowed again. Then they advanced 20 feet to the Generalissimo, bowed a third time...
That night the Generalissimo gave a dinner for the Ambassador; it was an impressively cordial affair. Only one mishap marred the occasion. A photographer's flash bulb exploded within a foot of T. V. Soong's ear. Fragments of glass showered his shoulder. He made a face, then swiftly regained his composure. The Generalissimo did not bat an eyelash. Next day the Chungking press unanimously agreed that "Hurley is a friend of China...
...Investigator Mansfield thought that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's newly reorganized Government showed promise of accomplishing sorely needed reforms. War Minister Chen Cheng seemed determined to improve China's poorly fed, poorly trained, poorly led army. Foreign Minister and acting head of the Executive Yuan, T. V. Soong appeared a good choice to stop China's spiraling inflation, civilian profiteering. But, asked Mansfield, "has Chiang gone far enough, or does he intend to, and is there still time? China used to be able to trade space for time but now she has very little space...
...holding an honorary doctor's degree from Shanghai's St. John (later from New Haven's Yale), preferred to be called "Dr. Soong...