Word: changchun
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Albania. 38. Two specifics after the 30-day Sino-Soviet conference in Moscow: Russia will give China complete control of the Changchun Railway but, until a peace is signed between the Communist states and Japan, will: 1. Quit Sakhalin Island...
Gist of the communiqués: as promised by the Sino-Soviet Agreement signed in Moscow in February 1950, the Russians will turn over to their Chinese comrades full control of the strategic Changchun Railway in Manchuria by the end of 1952. But the Russians tacked a hard condition on to another 1950 promise: until a peace treaty is signed between the Communist states and Japan,* they will not turn over to the Chinese the powerful naval base of Port Arthur, on Manchuria's Liaotung Peninsula. Beyond these specifics, the communiques said only that other "important political and economic...
...blood flowed on & on. Last week Red China's purge of "counterrevolutionaries" reached Manchuria, where Communist rule had seemed unchallenged. In 23 Manchurian cities, including Mukden and Changchun, and even in Russian-controlled Port Arthur and Dairen, police staged large-scale raids, which were reported in detail by Communist news service and radio. Thousands were arrested, hundreds hauled off to the inevitable public mass trials and executions...
...same. The documents they signed proclaimed that: ¶ For 30 years, Russia and China would aid each other "with all means ... in the event of ... attack by Japan or any state allied with her . . ." (i.e., the U.S.). ¶ Russia would transfer toChina control of the strategic Changchun Railway and the seaports of Port Arthur and Dairen in Manchuria. This was only promissory: the transfer would not come about until 1952 or, if it unexpectedly materialized before then, after the signing of a Japanese peace treaty. ¶Russia would extend to China a $300 million credit over five years...