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Encouraged by jovial U.S. Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley, the Communists' ace negotiator, smart, suave General Chou Enlai, had flown down from Yenan for one more try after almost a year of bootless words over issues as broad as China itself. For two weeks he had talked long and earnestly with Chungking's ace negotiator, scholarly, liberal Information Minister Wang Shih-chieh...
...General Chou headed north, U.S. Ambassador Hurley flew south. He was bound for Washington, presumably to report the failure of a mission...
Martial Pressure. Ambassador Hurley donned a pince-nez to read an address in English. Third Secretary Fulton Freeman reread it in faultless Mandarin. The Generalissimo read a response in Chinese. An interpreter rendered it into faultless English. Then Pat Hurley presented his credentials. One formal hand shake was called for; the Ambassador added another for friendship's sake. As the Generalissimo lowered his hand, observers saw that Hurley's martial pressure had left it white and bloodless. But Chiang's face beamed...
...occasion. A photographer's flash bulb exploded within a foot of T. V. Soong's ear. Fragments of glass showered his shoulder. He made a face, then swiftly regained his composure. The Generalissimo did not bat an eyelash. Next day the Chungking press unanimously agreed that "Hurley is a friend of China...
Later there was a mishap for Ambassador Hurley. Last week the U.S. Embassy in Chungking burned to the ground...