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...division national army for China within 18 months. It ended the private army system, forbade the meddling of military area commanders in civilian affairs, promised the Communists, ten divisions in the new setup. Neutral U.S. professional soldiers would help both Communists and Government troops in the reorganization. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was given the power to appoint and relieve all officers, but if he felt obliged to break a Communist commander he was pledged to replace him with a candidate nominated by the senior Communist member of the Government...
...Government high command tried to keep cool. The Foreign Office said that "no agreement of views" had been reached with Moscow about disposition of Manchurian industry. Meanwhile Chiang was having trouble with right-wing, anticoalition elements in the Kuomintang. Uncertainty in Manchuria had brought them into open opposition. The agreement for army unity might provoke them to a bitter last stand...
...Market. The exact shape of the new Sino-Russian relations in Manchuria were still not clear. Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, at a notable press interview (see above), admitted that in "informal" talks the Russians had asked the Chinese Government for additional economic concessions in Manchuria...
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek opened his first press interview since last December by shaking hands with the foreign newsmen. Then he relaxed in an armchair. Madame Chiang, in black jacket and maroon skirt, sat on his right; occasionally she helped affable Information Minister K. C. Wu with the interpreting. While tea was served, questions & answers were passed...
...coalition, the Kuomintang would still be a strong majority party, but it would no longer be solely responsible for the nation's political tutelage. On this historic point, the words of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek were deeply significant. In a congratulatory address that closed the P.C.C.'s work, China's leader proclaimed...