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...Stalin shared this cover with China's Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, Japan's Emperor Hirohito and Henry Pu-Yi, the puppet Emperor of Manchukuo. The Japanese-led Manchurian army had clashed with Soviet-backed Mongol forces. Said TIME: "In the deep fastness of Western Asia, along nebulous frontiers supposed to divide Soviet power from the forces of Empire, battle was joined as a thousand Mongol rifles cracked and light Japanese tanks whirled into action. The fighting last week came as a grim climax. Preludes have been more than 100 frontier 'incidents' as the Japanese Empire...
...GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek receives no correspondents and grants no interviews. However, his views on issues of major interest are well known in Taipei-partly through Chinese officials who have his ear, partly through public statements, such as a speech on the Soviet role in Asia delivered July 3. From these and other sources the following summary of the Generalissimo's current views on questions of vital interest to the U.S. was obtained last week...
...advice, consultation and actual participation in Nationalist China are welcomed in principle by the Generalissimo. He meant exactly what he said in his recent statement to the effect that any mission or force which General MacArthur cared to establish on Formosa would be welcomed. But the conditions attached to this attitude must be clearly understood by everyone concerned. First, the sovereignty of Nationalist China must not be infringed-it is of utmost importance that everyone understand that this principle will be upheld to any extent and in any way necessary by the Nationalist forces on Formosa. Nationalist China...
Paging MacArthur. However, no questions and no difficulties in this connection will arise if U.S. relationships with Nationalist China are placed in the hands of General Douglas MacArthur. The Generalissimo has unlimited confidence in MacArthur and would be happy to place the fate of Formosa and of Nationalist China in his hands. Chiang Kai-shek takes this attitude because he believes that MacArthur understands the nature of Communism in Asia; in particular he understands the nature and threat of Chinese Communism and the part that the Chinese Communists are playing for the Soviet Union in Asia. Therefore...
...Generalissimo does not lay this down precisely as a condition to improved relations and the acceptance of U.S. participation in Nationalist affairs'. But the clear implication is that he knows of no other American who is capable of directing an effective U.S. program in Asia and in particular of establishing satisfactory relationships with Nationalist China...