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The TA KUNG TAO of August 24th demanded that MACAO should be given back to CHINA. It said the place was a sink of iniquity : nd that peace could never exist together with the Colonial system.
There can be no doubt, a id the British Embassy, CHUNGKING, in a letter dated September 27th, that the public in CHIM are being carefully nursed for a nation-wide agitation for the rendition of .CAO and KOWLOON, and eventually also of LONG LONG. It is naturally to the advantage of the press to pander to such a policy.
DECLINE OF BRITISH INFLILICE IN CHINA.
On this subject the Ambass: dor's report referred to
above contains the following pessoços:-
"On August 1st the Cor Ar of the U.3. troops in the CI theatre, St. Con L.C.D
LATER, &ccompanied by Lt. Gen. 10lliam H. SI270, Commander of the V...
Commander of the U.. 9th ry in BUROLE, and other high ranking American & Chinese officers, returncd after a 5,000 mile journey of inspection by air and jeop of the Centrlans Southern CHINA fronts. During the tour the two generls delivered some 20 acresses to the troops and on their return offered o rt in suggestions and criticisms hich were not to0 :ell receive in sono vera cular papers.
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In addition to the bovu tour, which was accorded no little publicity, various other Vonts have recently served to empl sise yet further the predominance of merican influence in Free Cate With the present need for transportation to the estern liberated areas, Chinese and foreigners like re t prest entirely dependent upon mericn military plene services for trasport tion-2, s state cove, the operations for caring for the immetes of internment and 7.0. direcbed and effected by merican units.
Cmps have been The extent of the neric n nilit ry organis tion in CHI the arriv. 1 in the early part of the month of a large contingent is perhaps symbolised by of the omen's ucili ry Corps of the U.S. Arny, whose smrt appo ranco has added something to the ribher dreary thosphore of this city.
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nicet thit as fron October las 11 trlic is c cage fr、n 111 So the right hand rule of the road. This, some cynical persons ve observed, rks the fir 1 elini tion o: Pritish influence in conformity with the trends indic ted iridi tolv .bove."
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SECIAL. DU?
Political notes for the week ending 15th October, 1945.
(1) The broad agreement reached in CHUNGKING between the Communists and the Mtional Government, although representing cone progress, still leves unsolved the vital questions of the control of the northern Chinese provinces under the domination of the Communists, and the reduction of the Cormunist armies. The agreement is based mainly on gener 1 principles and scarcely gives any immediate hope of a solution of the problems which must be solved if conflict is to be avoided during the period of transition. Nationalt troops cre being flown into FEIN and TINTIN are.s in American aircraft nd in these ares there are Communist forces of great strength. greement is essential if a repetion of the recent CEKI NG incident is to be voided.