Stilwell Report Was Among 'Pumpkin Papers'
Barter Pact Negotiation
New York, December 14. Mr. George Zaphiriou, Vice- President at the newly created American
Wooden European
Tobacco Comuny, mid today
Washington, December 16.
The late General Joseph Stilwell reported in 1938 that the Chinese Communists had the only do- finite plan for fighting the Japanese. This is according to the third batch of the spy case "pumpkin papers" released by the House Un- American Activities Committee.
General Stilwell; then મ
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Ho sald thre 'Kuomintang's that negotiatiom. are going on colonel serving as military at- leaders had been forced to take for a two year barter pact in-fache In Hankow, sent a can-otlee of the programme because volving the exchange of Ger-fidential message to Washing-of its wide appeal to the Chinese mum gends for 50,000,000 lbs ton saying that Chiang Kal nothing better to after. weight of Greek and Turkish shek was not pushing the plan because its success would mean Mr. Zapshion and the proposed passing of power to the Reds. deol would be based on a 15 per vent excludige of German goods nid 2 er vent Marshall ton
tobacen.
aid
The Commitice sail Be Sul. well message was anong several hundred top-secret State De
alleged thepartment documents
Mr. Zapliziona added that sponsors of the deal, taking into Recount the Amerieau tobacco in- German terests, are
Muggesting production of a standard rigarette ung 75 per cent Oriental tobacco and 25 per cent American,
The new company was formed in eutlabrieniom with the Greek- Americum Tularea Company and efforts me under way, he said, to get the approval of the Gierthan jolal export import agency,
An appeal to the agency stated that more than 10 nifiken Ibs of tubero save on hand in Greece and Turkey, without talung into ne- eaunt the 1948 cup, and a hig percentage of the populations des pended on the tobaren indhntry.— Reuter,
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Hender: "But they are not Bushing tu programme in 41 whole hearted way because its succens will mean the passing of power to the feds."
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Potriotism Locking
He said control
He said he bellowed the plan of to the Chinese Communists would have been honded to Whittaker be opted and there would be Chambers in 1937-38 for delle serious effort to oppose the livery to a Russian agent. The Japanese
with Invaders. second set of papers, made publie armites, carlier today, indicated that the
ofleinis State Department
had sought to hush up the 1930 trade
inks with Hitler to
the spare Democratie administration poli- tical embarrassment,
The
chief importance General Stilwell's menuage, an tar As the
icon- *py cas cerned, la that part of f! waa sent
Govern. of the in one ment's most confidential codes. At the time the mastage
of acettored
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1048.
India And The U.S. Officers In China On A Day-To-Day Basis
Commonwealth
New Delhi, December ich A draft resolution approv ing India's adherence to the British Commonwealth
Wat
passed in the Subjects Com mittee of Congress here to day, strongly supported by the Indian Prima Minister, Mr. Nehru,
It will be submitted to the, open
sesalon of Congress on' Baturday.
Replying in the debate on foreign policy, Pandit Nehru declared that India's refusal to be part of the Comman- wealth
would close their portale to wider contacto. The relationship proposed la of consultations for mutual benefit and will not tle India.down in any way, he added Reuter.
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BRITON INJURED IN SPAIN
Santander, December 17, The British Vice-Consul in bao, Richard Rickets. wns Chinese guerilia forces would gravely injured near here today when the cur in which he wns be extremely difficult without
travelling to Bilbao overturned. come moral force which would delve individunth to herola action.
General Sulwell
D
The Spanish chauffeur and mining engineer, Eduardo San- abo_wrote: don, accompanying Me. Rickets, "In China, religious cfurt
suffered only slight scratches and lacking and patriotic fervour 1 bruises. ** *** Insgely umleveloped, i sent, the Sino-Japanese fight thing growing beauty,
Mr. Rickels is in hospital in "Its hard to archase a spirit)Santander with very severe head and his condition is of self-garrifice in a people who, injuries
the The cotise of have been treated as badly by very grav
not determined.-- their own troups as they have by accident was the enemy."United Press,
Associated Press.
ing was stalemated.
Half-Hearted
General Stilwell said "On the Chinese side, only the Reds have a definite plan, the essence of which is adoption, of guerilla warfare on a wide scale mobilation of the masses.**
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Shanghai, December 17. The Chinese Government at Nanking is on its own as far as assistance and advice from the U.S. Army Advisory Group administration' head- quarters in Nanking is concorned. Like,the U.S. Navy at Tsingtao, however, it is carry- ing on, on a day to day basis, the actual train- ing work in Formoso.
thut
The Nunking Headquarters of the U.S. Army said Major General David G. Barr and a few of his top officers were still there. But an esti mated 90 per cent of etectives have moved out, including the entire Bir force antingen. Sales
Ex- commissary, Post change. Army Post Omers, Officers Club and the dion- sary were closer and stuff
members were all moved mil
General Condemned To Death
Paris, December 10.
The French High Court today conden.bed to death
his ab-
Vichw
to Shanghai or Japai ant their e General Bridoux,
| Government Secretory of State dependents were desrespeit. tor War from April, 1942, until
The Shanghat detachment has been drastically reduced with the air force,
Jare. when moved reducing nurubers daily
However, in Formosa the Army said that so far 31 Patel duced operation or halte 1 tivities in which it has been dis
C'hurt. rectiog the tralaing of troops, Infantry tactles and or ganisational tutust; ntive tails.
Day To Day Basis
However, Army
des
France's liberation.
turing the occupation, Ceneral Brioux signed a decree pro- valing for French home defence de thebrnents to operate as units Not the German Army and was
real of a special boord under the War Ministry to train aspecial Freneli troops.
The
set up
Along with other Vichy Minis- ters, he went to Gerinany after France's Uberation.
President of the Seine Tribunal ordered the sequestrn- tion of his property
in March, J$45. He was arrested and de- tuned at Fresnes pitson, near
officials here have little detailed in- formation from Formann but as far as was known it was be loved to be carrying on a day Paris, In May, 1947. but escaped to day brala.
from the prison hospital at the
A U.S. Navy source and that beginning of June-Reuter.
he was still carrying on fran-
ing duties at Tsingtao, instinet- ing the Chinese Navy in today,
ligh! Kinery and masappation,
Although there are to orders yet to slow down at Tsingtao, it
known to br a day lo day
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Washington, December 17. The air force which has been distributed copies of an 84-page "dvising" the (Bunese Force
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