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Three days later, Llosa finished the revolution as methodically as he had begun it. While the rest of the army closed in on his rebellious garrison-but before a drop of blood was shed-he and seven of his officers beat it across the border to Bolivia. Before going, he sent the change back to the bank-95,000 of the 100,000 soles he had borrowed-along with his personal note for the 5,000 soles which the revolution had cost...
...wanted to outlaw the leftist Aprista party. Fortnight ago he announced that he meant to steer Peru on a straight-down-the-middle course. In the quick showdown forced by Llosa, the army stood behind the President. Within a few hours of the first call to revolt, all garrison commanders pledged loyalty to Bustamante. Early rumors that General Manuel Odria and other former cabinet members might join the uprising were discredited. Another favorable sign: before the Andean rebels were squelched, APRA's paper La Tribune, announced that APRA too was "wholly on the side of the government...
...last week the Mukden garrison was hanging on. They were even momentarily confident, largely because the expected Communist offensive was two months overdue. Ruddy-cheeked, pipe-smoking Commanding General Wei Li-huang thought perhaps the Reds had not replaced the losses suffered in last fall's attacks. But, though the Communist attacks were beaten off, it was at heavy cost: the Reds had captured foodstuffs which might have fed the city for 15 months...
...patrol leader was a former Ohio college student. He gave us some warm milk sweetened with sugar and sent us on to Figueres' headquarters. There I met a Louisiana State University graduate who was Figueres' best machine-gunner and, so help me, the red-bearded Puerto Limon garrison commander was a classmate of mine at the University of California. (All three, of course, were Costa Ricans.) California '42 and I celebrated with fresh coconut juice, remarking that you certainly meet the most unexpected people in insurrections." James A. Linen
...head of mutton, reported Yinghsien's commander, would be a welcome addition to the garrison's diet...