Word: chiangs
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...wish to say how grateful my countrymen and myself feel toward the club," said the guest of honor, Chinese Ambassador V. K. Wellington Koo, "for its magnificent contribution toward our common cause." And from Formosa there was a cable from Chiang Kaishek, expressing gratitude for the China Club's "continued sympathy and support for our fight against Communist aggression." Added the Generalissimo: "We treasure such friendship and support...
...runner in the fight for repeal of the Chinese Exclusion laws. When an act of repeal was finally voted by Congress, it bore the name of the club's longtime ally in the capital, Democratic Senator Warren Magnuson. To the victory celebration in Seattle's Chinese community, Chiang Kai-shek sent another message: "All Chinese deeply appreciate your removing us from the stigma of exclusion ... It is worth 20 divisions to me in morale...
...well as sister of Madame Chiang Kai-shek...
...small degree, holding the fort against aggression from the north, from possible eruption in the south, and adverse criticism from sources presumably friendly. Incidentally, could you survey the situation in Formosa and the off-China islands with the same penetrative binoculars, substituting a holding force other than Chiang...
...Defending General George Marshall's ill-fated attempt to make peace between the Chinese Communists and Nationalists in 1945-46, Truman declared, "Hurley and Wedemeyer led me to think that they believed" in the possibility of collaboration between Chiang Kai-shek and the Communists. Replied General Albert Wedemeyer, former U.S. commander in the China Theater: "This is not correct, speaking for myself...