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...that strategic region after the Russians moved out. Clearly the Communists were on the defensive as the Central Government moved to re-establish its authority north of the Yangtze. Their alarums amounted to a final plea to the U.S. to save them by ceasing to help Generalissimo Chiang regain all China...
Never has more mud been pumped, slushed, squirted and squooshed, and I beg to report that the Connecticut clam is far mightier than the slush pump. Needless to say, it will take many years for TIME to regain my confidence after this disappointing experience...
This time Charles de Gaulle was smiling, cordial, no longer unbending. His mission was obvious: to regain U.S. affection for France. He stepped out of the big, silvery Avro York plane jauntily, moved rapidly through the line of stiff-standing French officers to greet Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes. Then he walked to a microphone. The General's English was slow, but he had brushed up his vocabulary...
...quickly industry could regain its equilibrium depended upon how quickly it could: 1) clear its plants and set up peacetime assembly lines; 2) obtain a steady supply of raw materials; 3) get a firm pricing policy from...
...Americans: Alternatives. From the standpoint of industrial potential, the U.S. decision on whether to give major aid to Russian reconstruction is therefore a choice between promoting faster Russian recovery or faster German recovery. With full aid from the U.S., the U.S.S.R. might in three to five years regain her 1939 production but would probably take several decades to approach U.S. levels...