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MARCH 20—1( the Japs will

have chance. Hot day.

only subside Just for today, wo THE EIGHTH INSTALMENT

pi

(Tu is e

The Stilwell Papers

Tu announce that I

i can

endlessly, appearing

At 0:00 Martin in to say that end down-highly optimistle, one yell over the, phone the British had started to with-minute; in the depths of gloom sometimes not even draw from Prome. Well this the next. They feel, of course, when I lett. My nomiral prae

hell. will raise

Martin much the urgent necessity of pleasing ton being his Type sau ling ashamed about it. What to do? the Generalisung, and it my commander Chief), this was Coutonese.

Commanded To is too much for me.

a serious breach of Changsha, auggestions or e¿ders run counter ut course

Generallssimo Lin Wel.

my allerad Madame both led him up, and

can't cominnn:!

troops that won't attack. Show-what they think he wants they manners,

after endless Ribjections, When chief of staff, sety ran away he said he would fu taung ming

Pynw

п

Long talk with

1.)

roceed to

the boss.

Nap.

ht

art

was obvious that

Hown and make it

Went to ser Tu, Qucer recep-/eat 10:00 (rock on rond centrate at Pyinmann, we would ) which I would have to be in Ran- Flight enlled off, Back

kept

and

and

Modam e MADAMISSIMA

Tu office.

tit 2:00

p.m.

home:

on Lunch at Kun- Lung

Yun [the

Burma rites

I believe the crisis in this busi-, nask was when Chiang Kai-shel said he would pull the troops 'out entirely it tho British didn't hold Prome. He'd have done It too, no matter how hard the British fought. It was essential to Hel The Chiuse committed, and that was my worry when he tied rop up and would not release the 22nd and 06th. (The way to handla him is undoubtedly the slow way, letting the ideas trickle. Therefore, always be slow to put an inacceptable plan Into action,)

Japs were petive nil night. Pynwbw. road-riotamon Britisk soldiers at Yeung-ynung. British destroying the wil fields. Go God. What are we fight ing for? Civil government orders.down Tu, What can Chin brush off there objections, they from Pyawiw to Maymyn with- ing jobey orders). Ta has pre 11-1 fo

positive on the railrund, Kal-shek do? H.K.$18,00

the was measures-out telling ine

Home. vlously bees under him. He is Crews running away. No trains him. Tu and Lu are playing for instance, stapping the mave This was when he felt the atto tell me everything and we are

polltles, of course. HI.K.$30,00 below Pylomata. No rusten.

And Chians of a regiment until it is too late Incit by the 22nd was going to to be How Ishall I

122ndai-shek corresponds with both to bring it to bear-or just all the forced.

clared right after relleve in Wei is in be ILK $72,00| [Division) in Report of Jups at So they try to kick me around, set the order out, or getting 11 out his and enught him at midnight in could es hurdle Tu, but I Yedushe cutting read, and rail-Li Wet shoved off without tell with a lot of "fe" arid "ands" in in Mayinyo. Away from Tu, heather think 1 a tough bird road. Finally got phone call ting me; he was afraid of being it, or when pushed, simply telling agreed absolutely with me, and

cari do li Lino-genussellers, Long belly pinned. Left at 17:00.

lower commanders to lay off and got the order cut. Then of

Anyway, this major vic- Tache back and forth.

MARCH 28-In (Maymyo] at

not carry it out. Or just put on nurse, the "system" got going,

lory for me and I hope it will Tu hul of his depressed

demonstration and report op- and Tu nulifed the order by clear the air. The G-mo will 3:30 nm, Saw Alexander. fits and everything

Alexler too strong, was wrong.

I can't shoot telling Lino to simply put on an

himself go Da The truck might sprend, the trip skf Chiang Kai-shek agreed to then I can't relieve them; and net.

Was dangerne, how protect the command by British.

talking to Just

them does no The fact that Tu felt he could very plain to the boys that I am British planes all gone to India. ord. frains, ele, ele. Everything was

So the upshot of it is that treat ine with ss discourtesy

When you conder their his at headquarters knew am the against attack. "Mel pu

No one fa"

stoure who does the indicates that he took his cue tory and experiences with Sar- It's impossible.] Christ, he's tor-about it. Oh, you independent dirty work and takes the rap. from the highest evarters. What digners, this is really a handsome rible when he's like that, Ar-air force..

(This is what I hope will be car- 1. I have to tell Chiang gesture that Chiang Kai-shek is ranged for shuttle, Pyinmana to Saw Lin Wel, who agreed with rected by the conference Aprit Kal-shek with

face a straight

taking. Of course, the food of Yedashr. Told Martin to hold aine throughout. Kept at him

that his subord,tes are not letters will continue, but maybe Lun on the crews and get the till he agreed to transmit the

carrying out his coders, when in even that will be tempered a bit | ****

trals thruagh, Captain Snowming ling (the order) to Tu. So

APRIL |--APRIL FOOL. DAY probability they aro dors by this visit. Madame under- working on it. We are staying he takes orders, finally and

Am I the April fool? From 3/19 just what he tells them. In stands what it means and pro- here taught and will let it sim-with Tu but make Lla do It: 22nd the Chinese, the Pritish, my own expecting a great dent to have which is a whole lat.

ancdr pressure. O.K. I won't fool

to 4/1 in Burma, struggling with tice to all of thers, however, is mises to help in my way she can, Tomorrow Isa! sun weDivision! will discuss ngain),

to attack. 90th to people, the supply, the inedical them turn over

couple of armies hard gay to handle; tre must hurry in and back up. 55th to service, etc., etc. Incidentally. In a vital ares to a goddam for APRIL 3-Good sleep nt lost. have everything just so.)

at Sent dig Pyinmana. JAPAN'S FUTURE

they ge! | with the Japs. Will they get

eliner that they don't know and Woke up without a worry. What off? Wyman and Haymaker to Pyin

I wonder. Letter from Through stupidity, fear, and In whom they can't have much a wonderful feeling. mana to report. Last train of

Madame [Chlang] British cam- the defensive attitude we have confidence. When students in Shang- 22nd passed Prawbwe at 7:00.

mand accepted by Chiang Kai fost grand chaper to slap the The worst has happered in the! hai and Peiping thought fit Looks bit helter. Snow phone shek. Talked with staff. Notified Japs back at Toungoo. The basic press. Before have n chance! APRIL. 4- office. Chit

rensen is

Chiang

K'at-shek's to get my feet on the ground, a Lung P' fail feld at 11:30. to concern themselves with he could get them through. Wy- Alexander and Lin Wel.

man back at 10:45. Encourag-

off at 4:00. Reached meddling. Had he let me con- the possibility of Japan te-

Blood

of crap is released, to justify Waited, at ing. coming restored to economic

a bit

of sabotage). Tu have been set to eltack. Had he gon within a week. What Nap. Tomorrow is Easter. well-being and indulged in tion. (Lin, Tu, Shao, all in Qu came in

talked about the not stopped the 22nd Division sucker I'll loul: like if the Jape We are nanking arrangementa riuting on that account. it lumps.) It came out that they situation

the

attack

to-when I ordered it in, we would run me out of Burma, I hope for the April 8/9 furty [the Doo- He accepts the order was emphasised by the Chin-thought the 200th and been wiped morrow.

have had plenty of force to cut this command business is settled little rald on Tokyo] "but "the out.

12:30 last message. Was to all right. Thinks we've lost our authorities that there

off the Japs when they first went promptly, so I can go back to three essential Delds have all been be every two hours and they had he

chance.

(Whose fault is that?) around Countou Had he not the front and hide.

bombed, Lealt? Or Just precau- was no danger of such a-con-given up mentally.

I felt the We will go around the Bullent vone behind my back to Tu and

tion by the Japs? Suspect talk in Lingency. The students de 200th was still

and cut in from three directions Lin Wel, they might there

ight have obeyed

Washington. at midnight phoned Maymys to clined to accept every such talking attack. . Argument after bat

Gruber call on Alexander hands ofT: 1,600 riles from

morders. He can't keep his Chiang Kai-stick|

Sect A clever, brainy woman.

APRIL 5-Bad weather. the Assurance, official or other-

argument. Tu went into his have

the for a real attack, not just a pid [ront, he wriles endless Instruc-

Western viewpoint. (Byat 11:00 a.m. room and wouldn't come out. wise and when further an-

tiles.

Major Hill took the mettons to do this ard that, based This mean she can appreciate ming at 2:00. At 1:00 am, a message from nouncements were made on Tal the commanding general of

sage.

on fragmentary Information and the mental reactions of a for- governor of Yunnan province] in. a cockeyed conception of tnelles, eigner to the twisting, indirect, Comical little duck, behalf of the United States the 200th). OK. in Toungoo.

MARCH 20 (2:00

Lashio they continued to indicate Well, once again, gloom to joy. Maymyo called. "Message de- in fact,

m.) He thinks he knows psychology: and undercover methods of Chi- "Now we can do it," etc. I in livered. They promise to do it" and he

he knows everything, rese politics and warmaking.

and bagpipes for G-mo. Τα profound disbelief.

issisted that

"this way and Direct, forceful, energetic, loves Porter House for Lin Wei's ex- We altack

wobble on the (Hot probable that the report on 27th, early or late pu yao chin Yedashe at 12:40.

day.)

0:30. that, changing his mind at every power, eats up publicity, pretty position of the sichyation. Clare

con-Luca As usual, they change in the action. We hang wenk on her history. No

here. Na change in the subject by the former innkes no difference) but AT-16 Premier,

are dogging TACK. Tu said "Ming General

Tien

General Liao, en, and he says, "Get all set for cessions to the Western viewpoint Yedasho front. Chang iting kung chi" [Tomorrow we

the 22nd Division's commanding a push right into Rangoon." He Chun, will be received by certainly attack).

all China's foreign relations.

Q Stilwell's return he found Well, a terri

colourless bird. He general, is

reis a gloomy report and sends The Chinese were always right: equal incredulity. Chang, fie loud rolled off me.

I had wants to wait for the 90th Divi-word to dig in at Pyinmana. He the 'foreigners were

withdrawn to the the front had I suppose the Chun. has recently made a visions of the 200th gone, and the son) and

com-

intact. He urkes the British for falling wrong. Writes entertainingly but north but was still

plenty trip to Japan to see for him-22nd compromised and what not.nding general of the Bath for back, and does the same superficially, with

thing

of proceeded swiftly with his plans, Now it's just a question of get-how strong the Jup positions are,

the 551, etc. Full of excuses himself

sarcasm for Western failings but hoping to fall back on Pyinmana without reference self. He last week broadcastting the 22 In. A report al

without mention of any of China's, where his main forces were con- them. He is hipped on holding

draw the Japanese his findings and declared in 3:00 am. from Lin indicated that how retiforcements are com- Mandalay and can't see that the little faults. Can turn on charm centrated:

at will. And known it. Greht after him into a trap: bloody

Chiang Kai-shekary, retire in orderly

their noses; and then, if neces which the students said they job can have I.) At 9:00, Snow They'll dray out

mona. (Anybody that wants my

fashion were inspired, are in fact reported all Ave trains

and de sabotage decide the strategy of mostly along the right lines, to toward Manduley. nothing, unless I can somehow the campaign. He tells me to A great help on several occastore. His first action, however, was non-existent, adding that cleareti. Now Tu says he isn't; Kiel

into it The

Chiang Kai-shek has been boss to make a swift order keep in my own sector and have

Inspection of while China should guard concerned about troops, but ra- rend: "Push in cutpost either to nothing to do with the British so long and has so many yes-men the eastern flank of the Sirth attack In and then Against the

morrow or day

says Alexander naround him that he has the idea Army (fronting Thailand) to cn- resurgence of lons. Holy Christ. Japanese militarism it should The basic cause is Ching Kai-

force toward Tauro

command. He lets Yu Fel-p'eng he is Infallible on any subject sure its security. Haring dla- Tu goes back the rear); I must send me 50 trucks when I tolle is, however, determined and posed the Steth Army on the Thai also actively help direct shek's refusal to me to concen- also, or be thought to be interler him I need 150.

forceful, and wants to get on with border and left behind several Japan towards economic de trate at Pyinmann. Everything (with his troopy) behind his

He is not mentally American officers to the war. His constant

mterference and stable.

make sure and he OK. I'll try to be patient letter writing hove the effect of things to

will say

mony that his directions for scority mocracy in an Asiatic new trails from that and the delay by buck.

your deal.

face that he should be enforced, he returned He

Chiang Kai-shek of the 22nd at believes

a bit longer. HOT as hell. We that

Mandalay. Some bastard were all drieri out and exhausted. completely nullying my little doesn't mean fully or exactly. to headquarters at Kyaukse SCAP is doing a thorough Pyinmana stopped the

al I am mentally bout shot. Mer-authority & have no troops, no My only concern is to tell him put the finishing douches on his job and that the chances of 1:00 to 4:00 am. Who was it? (Tu rill back at 8.00. Limneys will bodyguard, no muchority to shoot the truth and go about my busi- countermotted Japan building an adequate is too far back, too lockarlaisical, attack in force with all tanks. ybody. The army and division neas. If I can't get by that way,

APRIL 6-of To Good old Shim. Maybe he's all commanders are vially interest- the hell with if it is patently im

at 5:30 for military strength to

doesn't supervise execution.

Took [Clare] cope think that a yistory can be com-right after all. Order of the day ed in doing what they think he possible for me to compete will: Maymyo.

Luce with another war is slim in promised by

Why should the swarms wants them to do. is a goddam slip on that "Chinese are attacking

of parasites and along. Arrived at 11:00. Situm- deed. And he urges that, in the railroad,

under extreme difculties and it' they obey me?

sycophants that surround him. tion about the same. We still up to the British to follow

Saw He knows. Spilled the dealing with Japan, China

have a chance. MARCH 27-To bed at 2.30, example." Gave this to Tu in

beans. Sald Chiang Kai-shek APRIL 2-1 am always won- should dispel passive

7:00 p.m. Meeting with Alexan- Chiang K'ai-shek, etc. useless suspicion and appre 22nd Division]

Conflicting reports at 9:00 am. of plain language and called on lumisel was ordering retirement dering what the hell I will have der,

to Pyinmana lire.

to put down next. And usually Chiang Kai-shek leld it on thick move through for a real effort. Full of excuses hension and stop criticising Pyinmana. Finally sure that two as usual, Now wants to go back and pointing a censorious trains are still there.

Chilang Anger at others.

2:00 p.m. to Pylomaru and has held the Everything

residence] to get the Kalahek sold, “Consult General ance 2nd Regiment of the 90th Divi meat on the floor. It was quite summer optimism It was well known at the

more. 65th and 64th [Regiments] there, thus making it im shock. Pulled o punches and answer, which is the appointment Stilwell; he has full powers to time of the student demon-guns and tanks, ready. Jump-at in time.

Me of Lo Cho-ying as my "executive handle, the Chinese troops." / in position, 66th behind them. esible to concentrate at Yedashesaid I'd have to be relieved.

(Wind up on sabotage.) investigate and if the divi- forceful

said, "Why won't they obey?" officer. Lo in a snappy, energetic, strations, and everything was at 4:00 pm, Japs burning out Alse the 1st regiment is being alonal commander disobeyed, I'll

character, ubout 45.1 (To Be Continuéd Tomorrow) done thoroughly to impress skirts, Leaving?

Too much tout detachment

held at Yedaaho because a Jap the fact, that, the policy of

is out

shoot him." "Did General Tu there sumewhere., It's all a bunch of them they must obey and we can

order a. retreat?

can tell SCAP is designed to make Later. It was too good. Now up. By Jesus, I'm about fed straighten it Japan of no military signi- they (the Chinese)- ure down up

uut," elc., etc. + flcance for the future. She again. "They have 48 tanks,

asked him to think it over and is never to be allowed to be wants to wait till situation gets usual.

have 105's etc."-Tu. |

MARCH 30-To bed at 1:30 na proposed a new army of Burma, able to wield the sabre over tough,

Alternatives now at hand. under my command. Asked him guess. 200th ensler 22nd Let it ride and do nothing. Re- to consider that too. "Sald prob- the rest of Asia as in the can be ready

tomorrow a.m. sign flatly. Oozy out and demand ably I would not be accepted now,

(made a past; and Chang Chun has "Will they attack then?" "Wall own force

statement anyway, and that since Chinese stated frankly his view that don't know. Must hang tiang "Now that command is unified had accepted British command

[think it over]." Tu again went funder Alexander] I believe It Pr

presence of a while there may be and is into his room.

third country na- still room for criticism re- possible.

I guess 11's Im- would unnecessarily complicate tinal was no longer necessary, the situation If I or third country American air units in suppert of Told him, however, I couldn't put garding detail of SCAP's

national remanin"}, general programme the

Snoved off at 0.30. Liao and troops in whose commandera 1 scheme is as well thought difficulty of spiritually mak- pusillanimous bastards. No at-and

Tu have dogged it again. The had no confidence.

It was a very frank interview, out as it is being executed. ing over a nation, it is re- teck at all. Front quiet, no Jap loudly. In plain words, the army the bombs bitrat rather That opinion is of value for markable what has already commander of It is to be expected that if been achieved. No one ex-)

22nd Division and division commanders bad there were very much which pects that it will be com- mile. Tu ordered him not to at- clent authority, to force them to Boved command post back, a folied to abey, and I had insum- supported the views held by plete in this generation, or lack u 90th and 55th get in. obey. Shang 'Cher is shocked so many in China he would even the next, for the altera- Wavell here. not have hesitated to say so. tion of national characteris- Chang Chun speaks of cer- tles

MARCH 31--Saw Wavell and cannot be achieved in Alexander. Explained the situ- tain traces of historica! pol- the twinkling of ↑ Mac-ation. Shoved off at 12:00: son still existing in Japan. Arthur's eye or the passage (UNDATED THE "SYSTEM"

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How to evade obeying an or- der? By General Ti, command- ing the Fifth Avmy." ""How can we attack? They have 105s and use have only 75%, or "They have Chiang K'al-click anys "J. W. 40 tanks," or "The 88th can't get (Create a condi-

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not all of the military castelong process. All that can stilwell can command the Fifth here in tim has been eliminated, nor the be said at the moment is that and Sixth Armies.' Then I gel tion by failing to act, and then, big commercial combines Japan as a military power lengthy harangues on the psy-plead it as un excuse, for not, act- utterly eradicated.. That has ceased to exist, that to chology of the Chinese poldio, ing. For instance, fall to move may very well be. It may restore Her to the position must not be defeated or the by truck.).

and how the Fifth and Sixth the leading regiment of the 90th also be that by the time she once held would not be morale of the amy and the na- ("Well, put a battalion against it

Or "They have ni flink detachment out thore." SCAP has ceased to func- an easy matter if she were to weyed sirnicgical conception and go ahead." "But it taken,"

together with tion, when its mission is left to her own devices.sed on the importance of Man- regiment, to huld debate completed, those last traces With the controls which are datay. Then I have a chief of talion.") Or "These are new of Iristorical poison will have already in existence and staff assignment from Chiang troops; we have to give them a gone. If he refers to the re-which may be continued for Kai-shek's headquarters. So 1 chance to get used to it," or "The tention of the very consider a long time to come the go to work,

Burmese are making trouble. In ably cartalled imperial sys- chances of Japan ever be Than the food of letters be off the truck, tactually). Or Pour rear" or "The trafob will run tem there is no reason to be coming a menace to China glas. To, Tiz To Lin Wel To "There is a brank on the Taung- lieve that ultimately the are remarkably small. They ma All of them direct. never gyi line-which will take three Japanese will either further will continue so and increas son unif of them. They direct all days to repair, etc, eta, modify it, or wipe it out: olingly if China in the mean with radical changes based or my impertinent suggestions for sorts of action and preparation, Tu's, method of getting rid of together.

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