Word: wu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chinese Nationalist government this week announced the execution in Formosa of three men and a woman: Lieut. General Wu Shih, former Vice Minister of Defense; Lieut. General Chen Pao-chong, former conscription boss; Colonel Nyi Shih and Miss Tsu Kan-tse. Charged with having plotted to deliver Formosa to the Communists, they had been under arrest since last March when a secret radio transmitter was found in the Defense Ministry...
...Nationalists now ask of the U.S.? First of all, further economic aid: a $30 million currency stabilization fund, which would release their own gold for economic development, and another $20 million, worth of economic assistance up to June 30, when the present ECA program ends. After that, Governor Wu has a simple formula: $10 million a month in American economic aid until Formosa can get on its feet...
...capital of Peking, Communist Vice Premier Tung Pi-wu bluntly told a relief commission: "We are faced with a serious war against spring famine...