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Though she was obviously tired (she dislikes air travel, complained that her eardrums "were about to burst"), she talked with animation. At one point she remarked: "Today is my wedding day." Her hostess said, "Is that so? We'll have to have a celebration." Said Madame Chiang: "Just being here is my celebration...
...next day, with Mrs. Marshall, she drove to the hospital to visit the Secretary of State. He had made a secret sortie to the White House that noon, but he was back in time to chat with Madame Chiang Kai-shek for an hour. The day after, Marshall entertained her and Mrs. Marshall at lunch at the hospital...
...week's end, though Madame Chiang had a promise from Harry Truman that he would see her, there was no official indication that the Administration had budged from its belief that there was almost nothing it could do to help China...
...collapse of the Chiang Kai-shek government is a result of the conditions which have developed under it in China. China, Fairbanks said, suffers under inflation, corruption in government, a police dictatorship, lack of food and clothing, and a general air of no hope...
Millitary aid from the United States to Chiang Kai-shek's tottering government could only temporarily halt the Communist armies and would fail to solve the Chinese problem, John K. Fairbank, associate professor of History, said last night...