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November, Mesdame? In Chiang and K'ung. in worsianly fashion, intereated theniselves in
so
The Stilwell Papers
une, makes the
more like more and Four lost, today. (14th). We'll won't that be ho
have to do to night flying. Shoved зауб any COITS 'comniunder"
You shine
OCTOBER TO
nud
„The next episode of Silwell's SEPTEMBER 14-1 am report-j rifht and re going after the digist with inertia and co- China unfolded treffed to have called Yu Fel-peng, Gme on it. In fact they have servalism. He and the Auk, one 24354ates in
not hitting it oft any too well. Reporters & General Omee 32312 pck and forth between these that bandit." The interpreter already.
houses. The fabulous Somly softened It a bit but Ch'en I get more and more the iden Louts is hot for the "one hifpps family-which included not only Cheng is said to have told the that these two intelligent dames family iden, and is very cordial Chem would repeat such stuff to DT. 1. V. Seong, and Meidamas. G'mo. If he did, whom can I have (1) been told by T. V. und, friendly. Come back to the G-mo. Chinng. and Kung, butalep us? (Even if I did, the time Soung to get behind the U.S. ef- Chungklig] ahead of him. On TV Soong is sure that. Chiang H.K.$18.00 dame Sun Yat-sen, widow of knew I felt that way because fort and that (2) the family, loss October 14, at Chabua found the won't change his mind, and says
the founder of flie Republied already told him myself.) Chong, H.K.136.00 Onducted itself frequently is. am also belus spoken of, se anti-cluang realises the gravity of the Jhps hadi nt last begun to attack that Louis will get a "good" Chi-
less our transports on the lumple way and politics were a family Chincker
general to advise him. are lentes e a dictator and There H.K 372.00 affair.
Washington or clsc, wo are mak-
:30 on the 15th,, with four from the South West Pacile will ing progress more than I thought. He actually has little power ex- The wonks are yapping.
butup P-40s 05 cept the reputation
escort,
and reachou bo 0:1 him, around
and the
family Chungling
(6:00 p.m.)-New angle. I am the increasing bitterness between ARE, SILWELL Today, letters self obeyed, why all this pionkey Louis the resentment of the troups.
SEPTEMBER 17,-LETTER TO
reniise it. If he could make him-
$0 damned arrogant thai I roused Chitolo and Stilwell. Stilwell
by, you, written The attitude of the Hong refers to them in his
etc., nafer jis
and butten) has just arrived in town. This attitude might even cutise dated business with Lung Yun
troop
movement, and replace- and there is a tremendous flutter trouble, between China and the Kong Government towards fur Meltha pal-ahele. When 16, "reached me it he
'me. Mel-ling Sonna) 'and or
I'll be ments. Ho Ying-ch'n looks to and fass and rushing, to and fro. US, and Ulsturb our cordial relu- non-violent labour disputes Six hindame Kulin, for Akling damned if that isn't about the re-me like the rut who is guawing You can imagine our diffeully out tions. This was the
result of seems to be that these are Soong). The sisters decided to cord for this war. Where it has away the foundations and the can imagic our dimeulty out Somervell's Julk with Chiang, Acts of God, or at least an take Stilwell under their suing been in the meantime I don't 'mo may be secretly afraid of here, associated as we are with this afternoon...Chiang, T. V., know and can't guess unless it him Then, sgülti He Is even people whose policy is totally Modame, Somervell und Shang integral part of the fabric of and foster friendship and light."
have war torpedoed and they 'more whimsical and fighty than different from ours. We'll
Chen... 5} commercial community, Their intervention in Sillwell's since raised the ship and started even. I
n. 1 hod thought.
May Hdged by the como I'm ex- over, st 8:00. Elin
We keep (10:00 pm)-May called ma over again. That's What
in Kai-shek] and as such, out of the pro-behalf may have stemmed out of all
Madame Chiang
and I don't like it. No
[Mudame vince of the local authorities,femily rifts and feud stilt
troops bailing mad. Typical is the case of the known, or out of the most sin- Our boys had a Aght yesterday Keops letting it out that he is preted to get the Chinese to play Kurig] was..there. They are a
very hard to handle, that you cere devotion to the cause of in north Durma and put it, over. have to catch him at the proper ball and like it and if I don't it's pair of fighters, all right,
all my fault. I've had, twenty Fila sold there was still a chance strike. Whatever Allied unity. Whaterer thefr Just a skirmish, but the training moment, that he forms opinions hjerths of this now and the first to pull the fat out of the Bre. the justification of either motives their audden sponsorship 1.
is proving out. This is the third en little avidence that "they" burst of enthusiasm le beginning was noncommittal and enim of Stilwell was side, the public has-as
successful-and little engagement in our faveur are telling him all sorts of stuff, to pall slightly. If things don' and told them I did not want to cite at .. mdat propilious Maybe we'll do something when about me. For instance that look up in the next few months, athy. Where was not usual-been the loser, parti-moment: Chiang had decided
wanteil. the time comen, even though the am "haughty" and "anti-Chi-11 he tempted to ask for a V-They talked "China" and duty, cularly in the unseasonably demand. Stolen formed Limeys do think it's impossible.nese" and sign, as a US, officer sun or a
regiment or even a ote, and exked me to be big wet weather of the past two command and had
both Mountbatten and the US.
SEPTEMBER 17-Ch'en Ch'ens and look on them with contempt. mentul wear not get in pfler, all would be much stronger then be and say the Chinese are no good squarl, somewhere else, where the ennuigh to stick it out. Ella said weeks, when public hire cars
if we put this over my position Qovernment.
Talk about, plans. He is worried j'ete. A whispering campaign. Lödis 'Hid not 'ket have been quite insufficient
SEPTEMBER 13 (3:00 P.M.) about the French Indo-China.
It was just ม couple of other fore, "Your
slar 14 rising.' in number to meet the de-
Summoned to audience, at Hsin frontier. Wants to block off by SEPTEMBER 28-Suw, Eila and fellas. This makes twice that What they wanted was for me mund.
K'ol. Ssu
with May Madame threat of attick from Kwangsi-May. It seems that Ella, made large itd (self) important group to see Chiang and tell him I had In the middle of last month. Chiangl gnd Sik Madame Sourd Iden. Only two (Chinese) Chiang fight at Ichang. He was of dignitaries hus taken the two-only one aim, the good of Chinn, We need pustião-chin al. Why haven't you been divisions there now
[It's unimportant) employees of the Star come?" clc. els. Apparently two more armies,
hour ride to the field and stood that I had made mistakes this and pu-yho-chin that. Se around in the mud waiting for was from misunderstanding and pany demanded increased to see
T. V. haa told them, they had Ch'en Ch'eng is as disgusted as toki
pu-yng-chlo hell.
Relihis Lordship. Won't, they love not pay. holidays and days off, { T., A
better get behind me and co-1 am, over replacements, etc. "You've got to make 'em night, him if it stippens agals. I'm to co-operate fully. I tested eventually presenting an ul-
operate, as
of General told him I was pushing for uni-and, not only not give ground any timatum. When this expir- Marshall's
fled command fof Burma opera- more but tet back, what they've inving fun these days, looking a long time, but they made it fo
on. Somebody elec in responal-strong that I fually
anid O.K. says **of course." lost. May says that without her ed, they came out on strike. They were alarmed about this]. He
and May said we'd go right now. IUNDATED] Louis, Mount Went over and put on, the In sympathy, drivers of the state of preparations and hot to "Put somebody in command-me insistence the Great Mits would blend it's a grand feeling.
have kept on pulling out and other seven taxi companies something about il. Gave or somebody else."
ked him about a command-God knows where we'd be now. batten] arrived. [in Chungking] the G'me doing his best to appear Asked them the low-down on conditions
Saturday,
tober 10. Metconciliatory... Ele mude. practised "go slow" tactics, in the Army and liey were up-ing general for the second thirty. More of my crimes have come on
That I understand Jater at Grimms-
points: (1) Permit the Chi-him at airper
ich was a mess. The duties of the commander In avoiding fares and turning pulied. Told them about blocks Te said Li Tsung-jen or Hsuchte Night 1 won't
Neither one nese officers to approach the Bri-dule's lunes,
g in town .wore chier re- and delays and who
the chief of staff. (2) and in unprofitably small
Is in his clique. Ch'en Cheng itish. I moved a unit without any All the irm
th, Yu Fel-peng. That Inveld any superiority com- ceipts. The owners decided ponsible.
notice to the division commander there... Liu
and all.
plex. This was all balderdash, that it was impossible for Chang in store May Madame all right.
minister.of Specj;
Long talk or they wouldn't get any rice. I
ith Louis later, but I listened politely and Chiang SEPTEMBER 18-Lunch and an old them to get a move on on business fically-men-unity of commitnd
track ihen them to carry
house with Son said that, under those, conditions removed Wen, without notice to under uneconomic. conditions. reduce number of divisions. cenference with May [Madam
A very good net she G-mo, etc, etc. Many other tales crvell, where he gave me the we could go on working hormonl- Feed 'em. Went over all our Chlubg].
THE G-MO SAYS 1 Busly again. and withdrew their cars from Fats and tribulations. Suggested puts on, plus being serious about have been told. May says Wel-W
MUST BE RELIEVED. The rea- Now, why was Elia [Madame the road. The drivers as North West as goures of drafts action. She craves action, wishes kuo will come back and tell ciation now state that they for more men).
she'd been a man, and abominates lot of nasty tales to the G-mosan is that I have "loat the con- Kung) so sure it would come out He was D.K.? This p.m. she had atacked Ho Ying-ch'in and his gang. Teld but she will anticipate it and will huence of the troops." May craves
[She] told action. will not negotiate until the
quite emphatic about it and so the G'mo and he had turned, his that. (Somervell back and left the room. A hell of could meet at her hit apparently laughed her off. Ella and May have been usroys that President Roosevelt has an insult but she just waited town road, and to this
because, she's & reported, to be anti-as furious
woman, and she the arguments I have given them. place. I .Am
Both she and panies say no.
Chinese. Sla said he, didn'
"They are like Ella xays you have to watch baked George to relieve me more he came buck. Meanwhile, with complete know how I had the pallenco to lot of ostriches with their heads Chiang to catch him in the right than nuce, because I "can't got May went to bat, for me. Maybe they got him half turned around laisse faire, the Government carry on. We, higned an offen in the sand and their bottoms mood. It is a highly technical along." Nice backing)
The real reason is hard to as they claimed, ready for his to But thay arid. defchive. alliance, sticking out. How I would like Bushes, apparently.
guess
It may, he with, me 'ouf, complete the net. And maybe has done nothing. This is sive
Whatever the cause, they mean to take a big club and go after will work th gold on a new nobody else will push the cum- the Gimo realised finally what a
them" "Why can't, they see the the more surprising in View business now and maybe wo chin importance of this thing?" "We minister of war. How they hate suple
Or it may be just the stink would be raised and decid- of the appointment of an ex-get somewhere,
Buys. "He [Chiahg] thinks he should put everything aside and the "ahinentionable" [Ho Ying-suplelous, jealous Oriental mind, ed to reverse himself, using them listening to lies and thinking to raise a smoke screen. A good pert from England, first
concentrate d the Ariny known as Labour Adviser is the Lord Incarnate"
la to tell him he is the most foreigner gain any more in- though he has lost a lot beyond and now Labour Officer, well about you. The time to worry
wonderful man m the world. They are all for my reforms, res versed in industrial, disputes when they begin to tell the and skilled in negotiation. truth?
training and efféiency. In Britain nowadays, when a
OCTOBER 2-Dirty work at
cars
WAS TEN-Yuch. Surprising.
him
4
†
are pul back on the Sig Midame X'ang] le mave to her my 'experferice with him. He demlind chapter und verse. Boguess that's
the com-
reference is made to Arbitra-
15
we
They are
tu
and
(Never mind which they lie. "What 'gödd will politics and the thime only way to handle that it won't do to let a dátánéd viay to partially save his face, si-
world.
of
wuth movement do us if we
lost" dm being necured now
of
various crimes. Such as, signing 'blemos to. G-mo as "Lleut. Gen.,
U.S.A. Instead of "Chief of Staff
be bh I the
.
confus, organisation,
let the ining, grow, and upset, the mad at his misinformers. They
dou
-Just couldn't believe that
the advances.
fluence. Or he may be afrald, to rédemption. This will make
equilibrium of mediocrity through obve been upsot at the most un- which he retains control,
expected time. As Ella put it, strike affecting the public know that in the world today
says. I have gone too fast and tory, had us down to the last
used TV and
gang. comeback. She says I will hu weal has reached a deadlock the profoundest feeling of for me." Campalm appear to Kunming. Colonel Clarke, Limey this antagonisen, Ho, and me trench did we made a brilliant tion Boards, impartial bodies ordinary men and women is block. Meanwhile, Chilang sita in Isten Wu, whoever. He is, over- What I should have done was to immensely stronger and they will telling each other that 80 slowly and spread it over be flabbergasted to find they Chiang and Auchinleck
twenty-five years, I suppose, Have who sift the evidence and the longing for podce. They bly grandeur and lets it all rock heard
can't push me out. But it is sus- are therefore, trying to ex-along.
OCTOBER 17 - Mountbatten pielous that Ella was so sure it give а decision which
ploit this deep passion for
SEPTEMBER 20-Trimed nut9th asked for my relief, for allied and we had a long talk. would come out all right, it I
co-operating! Clarke later told binding on both parties.
As if the while it may be highly peace in order to weaken the at 10:00 pm, to go to Kung's that the lack of co-operation in te la burned up. Feels the
blc-croso himself, because he'll
had been arranged. commendable of Government Solidarity of the Western May and Eila [Madame K'üng].the command was all due to me have, to work with a brand-new
is over. At pay rate, this, fuss. They had been working on the and I couldn't even get alone
man. Wants me to walt over. The next may be just around the in an entrepot such as ours.
Vyshinsky's performance G-mo. Ella mve Hin the works with my own alt force,
and break him in. Told Him the gang
cortez. Both, Ella - bad. May this pim. to keep its hands off busi-
OCTOBER 3-Long: talk with Somervell
came
in and said Ho reiterated that they had put the nossas much as possible, at the General Assembly is had been lying about mox
He emphasisedi Ying-ch'in hed been to Chiang familly jewels on me, and would of this kind simply a highlight in the plained the chief of staff stlift Yu Ta-wei
up. All trade disputes
why I signed as "Lieut. Gen. psychology and personal acqunih 1p ask why. Chiang hauled out continue to back, me surely merit its attention campaign to convict the
Powers Western
They had put over the ince, No doubt He's right. Ap the old Chen Cheng. report on through this mess I have felt as the SA
whom in tou before the rot sets
charge of war-mongering in the nationalnom May Bareilly fecunimending that Hu Fel-peng the bandit," and free, as alt-no regrets and no
Но "the unmentionable."
HeMo said he didn't think that was self-blame. A grond and glori- Ying-ch'in.
Tous feeling. N deeply.
the eyes of their own peuple. was furious, May made a speech says there is no cause to be pics of much importance.
(To Be Continued) Day by day a flood of giro-thday at the People's Political simistic, Feels that Burma will be tough, but possible. This k paganda pours out across the Council meeting and bawled
of people who were doing a great change from the last year Russia's Record world, amplified by the Gen-ir stuff. "Don't criticise till when he felt it was hopeless.
eral Assembly. This is the know histakes are being 2:00 p.tn. Suw Ho-about
Don't criticise The record, of the first background that must be
out of Kwellin, ele.
lind to Told him weeks of the United Nations rasped, if the significance of jealousy." Looking directly at justify requietion for second 30
· definite- [division). Could plate to but I
ly that they lire
"and MIDDLE EAST WEST AFRICA EAST AFRICA that the Russians have Paris is to be properly assess say that Ho must go,
shrewder view than theed. He has seized the Initia see how they are going to as
May aid Eila have sworn in as grouped to Betion? He said Yes, Western Powers of the use tive. To the outside and fellow conspirators and are:
pince. The to which the gathering can argely ignöraßt world he hasi ing frankly. They are convinced Fit that they could not be
I mean business and they red in ano
bd Used 18 rituck Telang I said I mennt that SOUTH AFRICA - PAKISTAN : INDIA CEYLON be put. The is not to one that und. Hankow
and cannot be a place where leader pleading for dharma- the Gmo sits on His soldes only cuteral brea, and decisions are taken. It was ment while others hesitate, throne and lets us struggle. Her Hunth and Klangst would cover conceived not as a legislative, discuss and. Hold 'back... afraid to take action...that's the the bill: He said this would be all right, So that's one more intep. Actually two groups of 30 AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND-FAR EAST JAPAN or executive body but as Despite the excellence of only explatiation.
place for free, constructive, ule Western position, despite SEPTEMBER 25 Weit to fain each in sight and pri obiectiva discussion. It has become the rebuttals, mude by didifs | K'al Sru to see Ella and |:formách. /Actually training one
Shirt Went over my memo
sha peglaning to train the other." the biggest sounding card in Western statesmen,
mond.. tanks, tenis
"OCTOBER 7/15-T3 "Indin to the world and can send sky retains the
and Boatner's status.
"Tonja”[Mountbatten) and and speeches of statesmen to the There I only dre
my offer threat to wand
temitere With Somervell ends of the earth. It is open for dealing wi
Vi recler. Thull is a good cRE.. Also the word "fa
ible dritiüsldźm· and'. also of to any 'Power.
to distort, it and that is to wrest initiation thought it most reasonable into an instrument of pro- from Him.
Every proposal on disarme-
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