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...Cairo the Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek were the first to arrive, flying in from Chungking aboard a four-engined U.S. transport plane. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, with their separate parties, traveled to Africa by ship, made the last leg of the trip by plane...
Britain's contingent was even bigger. China's delegation was small by comparison: ten officers headed by General Shang Cheng, Director of Foreign Affairs of the National Military Council; Chiang Kai-shek acted only as head of his political mission, consulting with Roosevelt and Churchill on general questions but attending none of the military discussions...
President Roosevelt, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Prime Minister Churchill declared at Cairo...
...news stories of the year-the meeting of Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek and Roosevelt at Cairo-Reuters had scooped the pants off the U.S. press. The result almost reached the proportions of an inter-Allied incident...
...times the prewar level, which gives economists hope: the rate of doubling and redoubling seems to be slowing down. Before the great Allied victories, prices were doubling every eight months. But China's transport planes still devote precious tons to the hauling of bank notes, and President Chiang Kaishek's Government still hesitates to apply full force to arresting the tide...