Word: changchun
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Dates: during 1945-1945
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...Harbin. There was other good news from Manchuria for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Government. The Nationalist Army organ Ho Ping Pao reported that the Russians had granted permission for Chiang's forces to occupy I) Changchun, Manchuria's capital, 2) Harbin, Northern Manchuria's rail hub, and 3) Dairen, Manchuria's most important harbor, where the Russians have trade rights. With these three cities, plus the Mukden arsenal and metropolis, the National Government would hold the keys to Manchuria's transport and industry...
...Sino-Soviet accord called for a month's delay (from Dec. 3 to Jan. 3) in the Red Army's withdrawal from Manchuria. The Russians would bar Chinese Communists from Mukden and Changchun, hold airfields open for Chiang's forces...
...Chungking, Chang Kia-ngau, close adviser to the Generalissimo and his chief economic expert at the Changchun negotiations, announced: "The taking over of the Northeast will proceed smoothly. Russian authorities have expressed their willingness to extend help...
...Russians agreed to the aerial landing of Central Government troops (in U.S. planes piloted by Chinese) at Changchun...
...Chungking reported last week that Soviet dilatoriness had "much affected" the feasibility of the landing. That was a diplomatic way of saying that Chinese Communists had surrounded Changchun airfield...