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Although he was neck-deep in a detailed reporting job for TIME'S forthcoming cover story on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (TIME, Dec. 6), Gruin made arrangements to evacuate his family from Shanghai (they are now on their way back to the U.S.). After a trip to Britain's Hong Kong to file some copy and get some rest, Doyle cabled: "Since my wife and I came to China unencumbered with household goods, we can watch with a relaxed eye the pell-mell evacuation of Shanghai by those with loads of furniture and the ever present tung...
...crowd began gathering near the sentry boxes at Blair House at dusk, stood raptly as rush-hour traffic blatted past on Pennsylvania Avenue. It multiplied as President Harry Truman walked across the street from the White House with three Secret Service men and hurried inside. Madame Chiang Kai-shek was about to come to tea-and to make a last-ditch plea for aid to China...
Ever since Madame Chiang had arrived in the U.S., it had been obvious that her mission was going badly. She was the guest of Mrs. George Marshall at Leesburg, Va., and had twice gone to Walter Reed Hospital to see the Secretary of State. But, as far as anyone knew, her old friend George Marshall had held to his stern decision that there was nothing more which the U.S. could or should do to help China now-a decision reinforced by the fact that Chinese Nationalists had surrendered 236,000 rifles, 14,000 machine guns and 26,000 tommy guns...
...Madame Chiang stepped to the sidewalk, hatless, and with her old nutria coat over a long black Chinese dress. She smiled only faintly as flashlights blinked. She started up the steps as soon as Mrs. Marshall got out of the car. The door opened and Stanley Woodward, State Department Protocol Chief, bade the ladies welcome...
...hour passed; at exactly 6 o'clock the black limousine slipped up to the canopy again. The door of Blair House opened and Madame Chiang and Mrs. Marshall stood framed in the rectangle of light. As they started down the steps, Madame Chi ang called: "Please don't shoot the flash. I can't see the steps...