Word: liaisons
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...Outside Munich's Gothic Rathaus, now the seat of the U.S. Military Government, I talked with a short, stocky corporal who told with relish how he had just returned from forbidden Vienna, where he had served with a liaison mission. That mission, he said, was carried out successfully in an atmosphere of trust and good will. And incidentally, he added that the Viennese seemed surprised but happy under Russian occupation, which so far has netted them a larger food ration than Austrians get in the American zone, and also a government chosen from their own people...
...These are but a few of the signs I have seen that American-Russian relations, though hampered by inadequate liaison, are on a relaxed and easy basis in this quarter of the globe...
...same maudlin result that characterized the over-publicized "Carousel." The returned hero struggles to communicate with his family, to let them know that he still exists despite his untimely decease. At the end of the play, mental or spiritual telepathy seems to have resulted in some sort of liaison between the soldier and his wife, who sides with the audience in not knowing what is going...
...Future. We have not yet given the Austrians any clues as to what we plan for their future, what part they are to have in their immediate government, how the three areas are to be coordinated, what the requisites are for Austria becoming truly independent. Liaison with Russia is obviously poor. How much is Russia's fault and how much is ours, I do not know. Certainly the thread of confusion apparent in Salzburg is traceable to the highest levels of our three Allied governments...
...Chinese Army. The only combat Americans in China were the men of Major General Claire Chennault's redoubtable Fourteenth Air Force; their coordination was a key factor. Then U.S. ground troops, under Major General Robert ("Uncle Bob") McClure, a Guadalcanal veteran, were organized in a network of liaison units running like a stiffening spine through selected Chinese divisions...