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THE CIENA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1948,

MAY 16-Off at 8:45. Busy THE TWELFTH INSTALMENT

plénsant Kolpi 111 about 10:00. Then a bitch of a hill. Toup and a half hours of steady up." Not yesterday's hummock. Reached Chammu over the top at Created by bendinna in b red blánkot, with "bolth of rico bear. Had tea and crackera. Hotman of last village presented me with A

with cigarettes reciprocated Off at 2:15 and in camp at Malang at 4:00. All downhill. Congested camp with mules and 200 boarers. Souked

branches cut off.

8:00

rice

horses,

elder

|

The Stilwell Papers

to

required thé tale and order of TV. Soona | of the Delhi header se style

They stressed the vation. 2000 4400 foot ele- | STILWELL Ole Fappy calling continuing battle to make

Our forefathers were more historians than we are. They never forgot that Kussia

more

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staffed by, the

government

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meat for super from India, and rape and la front filled bring their prontars to fal- then, he were when Aungging at work, cordial de lange to

or no rank.

recognisable. and chocolate.

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had pro-

the

Whether

moans anything or not I of courses don't know as yet."

JUNE 11-Slept badly, Doubt medicos know what they ro

T

trips. Out this, and that...

T

feat in brook. Rocky hillside in from. Alexander in New Delhi. Ito West China, Bạt tha Hump | haudquarters in Chunpking, clun}],

Tanakhula

a squatting Feeling like hell with 24764 | 2018O.

city's cold. airline is on emergency er to the side of ong of the Editors

around their nice pots and fires. Had lunch at "A" mesa, a most pedient. The ultimate solution, tumbling hille. From the fint, could sight Reporters & General Omce 32312 Leon-to shacks. What a picture, casual business. (I alsost walk- vrecynie kraw, was to cut a scan terraced roof one.

Japanese afternoon. through th

bluckade i directly through (tour now)

the Chialing only had a movie camera, out) In bed all We

existence, so send me one occa- mim- Thatched covered bridge. Chinese Got dinner from Jimson (punk)an that 2 lb-flow great an-River from the north; in Subscription Rates:

soldiers, Burmese girla. Amell and took 10 grains of quinine, 10 sarh to quo eating aruks by mer the green rounded slopes of sionally I am enclosing a few

photos taken at Dinjan just ofthi!" 3 monthu

HK$18.00 | cana and Limoys, all in the grabs aspirin aml luminol tablet and by sen gould beglu. Barna valley oop and the tory muddy seemed the topicct place to be waters far below speckled with

E had gotten out of the jungle, to brook washing and shaving and and turned In.

prove in you that I am not nearly HK$39.00 | sonking feet. Rough sleeping (14) MAY 22-Breakfast at 4:00 in and therefore the recohonest Chinese funks soothed the spirit became an obseznion, with their endless quiet; and 'in

dead yet, although I am a bit miles),

Party left at 4:30 by truck Burma

dropped H.K. $72.00 MAY 17-Seventeen

miles to Sibert and I with Allen at 5:30. Primitive single-minded pan winter, when grey fog closed skinny porn an I

richt Stibcell's headquat termi dawn over the "hilip, the river about 20 pounds apiece, but we'll Pushing on the hullop. Stiff So doped up I doze all the way

Burma was a great Japanese seemed to be winding out of a get it all back. I didn't whate climb at start, then a long loop to Dinapur. Meeting Wavel to seeupled wedge thrust north be- curtained tunnel that stretched much time in India. Took three down to camp at 14

miles. morrow of Dinjan.

tween Uritiels India on the weat away, one thought, as far of the days to polish off the paper work Beautiful focation: gorgeous view At 8:00 xix of us got a special | 2nd Cirka on the cast. To drive | cliffs of Tidet.

at Delhl; and then μονές, bed. Pretty the Japanese out south over a mass of ridges. car and went

from the Jungle Originally, the concrete, moder- We are oppressed by the Noon stop Just across the valley. soft.

of Narit Birms and cut a 1936 | nistle" house had been "balit 'to | mamificenće ned MAY 23-Train pulled out at across its mountainą. The Nagas come out at each village with a battle of rice 3:00 din. Lunch out of cans. Tea the co-operation of both the Bri who planned to make it a koma American (A) - Bud Beitish.

gardens all along the railroad, tlah and Chisere. Sillwell's be upon his return wuie, to welcome.

from his long may layout is

simply stupdat urpe, plendo in Washington. But prior dous, you

trip afer Pushing has a touch of Alaska. Rice paddy everywhere. Got to algument was to The side walls of the houses have Thsukla about 5:00, No one threaten and be both Chinese to Stilwell's arrival the govern generals an every Bloor, midst

Geld and and British over whom he had ment had taken over the house upright boards carved like to around. Phoned to

tham doing captein's

work or real command to or tems. The trees at the top are aft Brereton, Gruber, Scott crime in a for the immediate recon- a reeders that cried none at all. Came to Kunming

realdence for a list of distin cut in notches, with the top and 201 us. They had

and Louchilena bomber and then got stucket Sa nuest of North Burma to end the Owen Lattimore out the about to turn

Blockade.

Currie, When General Stilwelt there for five days on account of MAY 18-Noisy night with bugs. bomber command to look us up.

The map, shaped the strategy arrived it was turned over to bad weather hare at Chungkinć, 1979 Off at 5:30, for once time. To Mr. Reynolds' house

on

(lea

Burma of the

anally got here on June 3, campaign that him personal header and next day I made a repost to rupees Stilwell planned. 14 would Long zipzig climb, which flat-planter hospitality at 5

off for a couple of miles, at each had bath and chow. Wavell quire a Citisest drive into east-with twenty-nine serpants-seven the Els Bay, told bin the a.m. Sharp says this is the and Alexander come up and talkern Bumme from her own Yun-ratamen. two gardeners, four whole truth, and it was like kicke

route across bills. Con-. Decided to go to Delhi Best. nan frontier; a co-ordinate drive RUSSIAN AIMS

ued receptions,

Wine Talked to Gruber, Bissell, Nalden. by the British Info South Buring houreboux, one cook and two ing an old lady in the storich- kitchenmer, four water bou However, as far as I can find out, acats, and red blankets at

Wheeler, Brereton,

from the Indian frontier or from to haul water to the rooftop no one else dares to tell him the general servants. truth, so it's up to me all the MAY 24-Off at 8:30 in Brere- the sea and a third drive into tanks, three History books ought to be villages.

from A-land odds and ends whose more He has of course kept an rice terro

for Delhi. Rest of northwesterit Burnia terraces, more ion's place re-written every fifty years.vilinges. Getting to like

Pretty co.. to like the wine. [

sam province in northern India. Function

never was

defined arrived at Dinjan the wine

wine. party Just

eye or me all the time throught.. duties were n much

certain agencies which I know: It is a counsel of perfection Pretly country; rico terraces, more (Four sick) Gruber says every last drive Street and Their

prount a Joint Chinese-to watch Stilwell as to care for are always present, but which evi impossible to achieve, but if villages. Made 11 miles by 11 thing will be OK. Good dopey

American - força, (See map, pang | him. The Chinese captongue UE cannot identity very well In it could be done it would

o'clock and had lunch. Cripples trip to Delhi. In at 480. Flock 243.)

tem kept him under surevlitance fost, I phy no attesten to them getting tower. 6 miles to Uk of newsmen at airport taking pic. Theoretically, both British and on at least one occasion he nave us many mistakes and

hrul. Of at 1:15, climbed for fures. Into

ut all-just go ahead and let na- Imperial Hotel and Chinese agreed on the neces found agents shuffling through

are many disappointments.

three-quarters of an hour, then Press conference at 7:00 pin. tosity and urgency

of the cam- his desk papere. Stilceli reducture take it course: There

vera Hilpas Cookitty now which..... The histories and the news-levelled off. In Ukhrul at 4:00. 8:00. Hell of a lot of mail. Two pain. But neither the British ed this staff as soon as possible will take a lot of talk: I hope, paper articles dealing with More headmen with and letters from home, that was good, nor the Chinese were willing ta, and, while he was there, it

MAY 26 (7

NEW put up the troops necessary for operated with reasonable of some good wilt.come of them the period of, say, 1930-1900 chickens. Jones got the Assam

but my recommendations are so Blider" salute Beautiful pince, DELHI: LETTER

MRS. the operation. Stilwell Tought a ficlency. The cook considered arc pertinent to the argu- much lika

his Stilwell a deputy of God and, radical that it will be wrench

MAY danger of Russian aims to

#lart. at Burma, Everything O.K. I'm a fillment.

duced spectacular dishes of Chi on little

underweight to be quite

to | nese-American cuisine. The sèTH European civilisation.

While te urged combat The 5:50. Ran into rain. Piked

he devoted vick staff was constantly quite and passed through Limpo with truthful I look a good deal like and the blockade, Kussian bear was dreaded, as

10 shultaneously the guy in the medical book with Himself

tha reling on one occasion a house out being stepped. So we mi well it might be, and in fic-

Last February, when they In on and on and on-16, 10 miles, his skin cft, showing the next twin problems of training and bou.cut off the car of one of the tion the dread found expres

How Leadership within the Chinese general service staff with a meat oculated us against yellow fever, and then found we'u have to layer of what have you.

A fout-tempered on they had some bad serum, which on in some of the best stor-all the way. Had a cracker and ever, I'm eating it on again fast drinics. This insk brought Still cleaver,

rux of the now causing gundice. This 2. plece of meat. Rolled in at wns damn glad to get my in China had seen

well to politics. The long war kev, which had les of Rudyard Kipling.

Jaundice the troops house bit everyone except Gel delayed

apparently 4:00 p.m., 21 miles. Two-thirds out of the Jungle. Most of them withered in pulp groupings and eral Stilwell, General Dora fit caught up with me at Kunting, a of the Limaye on ponies. None now consider me more of a mean feed immobile in the provinces owner, and one of the servants- of our people. Sharp started for old s.o.b. than ever, because

Their they accnpled.

officers

Stilwell's staff lived in the and after I got here the doc look a Imphal to get the trucks out. I made them all play ball.

twined in political intrigue: at various rooms in the basement dyer I am taking it easy and (or,

We had quite a trik most every pluvince had as Paid the bonusés. Eckert and

its and on the first floor. His own coming out of it and only speak curately, the Russias) had Arnold came in. They had been which I suppose will now be ex- civil gonernor Army general.aulte consisted of a very large fit to let you know, in case you u i swelled into its enormous ind

looking for us, after all; at Tamu nggerated, as usual, till it's un-Over the years, Ariny Hulisichens and very albomy bedroom into hear Pye been sick.

JUNE 8-Doc náys I'm better. Ciga

had won the upper hand beer which the sun never entered. size: from a small area of MAY 20 Rained all

Tomorrow or next day I be line commanders. night.

As Site Buthroom with wretched plumb Maybe. Stept, dubbed, and read. JUNE 10-More of the sanse. and Muscovy.

tegroup

retraining, and a small office in which And they knew Seven trucks come in but it go-going back to report to the G-me tried to

himself he did most of his work and Not such n good day. that Russia's ambition was to

ing to be "push" most of the and I sure have in curful for him Cluese units he found

of thinking. The maproom' tuas: fn We put the stuff out and He's going to hear stuff he never shaking the immer structure 1,c on swelling until it pos- shoved off at 10:00 am

Way.

nly heard before and it's going to be the Chinese command, and in the basement and tugs somethines sessed the whole of Europe. one bad place, where everybody

o Interesting to see how be takes avitably, he was drown clueer, used as a movie 'projection réjoni. - 9°W&#.1¢—Not so good this.am.

to an examinati n of the politics Of the two and half years in } Then came the Russian de pulled and pushed and waded in

the CBI theatre. Stilwell proba Belbar in p.m. Conference Chen feat in the war with Japan, mud, up to their faces. We fear step on these bastards (jaga) duced such an armil

I have hopes that someday we and government that

bin spent ng more than eight fault, Brereton, Wheeler, Strähm, and the disintegration of the in at 3:00 and had chow at the ant tad the war, and if I am “Uullerweight from his ordeal months in this house; bill it teas Gruber, Bissell,

JUNE 16Talk with Chinng country in 1917. From then old fort. Cordial reception

the Limeys. The provincial ne

lucky enough I can go back and in Burbis. exhausted' by his mure kome than any other spot on Russia dropped out of ministrator, an old 1001, namn have a few days at a place call- march out, his if frame woth in Asia, and to it he alone re

75 min by duimitery and faundice, turned from his long

Army to stay in India:” I political writing as the night- Jimson, falled to

ed Carmel, where there are few Stliwali entered on his work in wits his first lodging when he send our

command, because that mare of Europe. It was as 100, were they to be forward- vulgar old man, even though pure to recover his health and he received the telegram retier dies won't have to deal with Bri-"!:

The anges.

Jackass, people 7 Kasw who will welcube the subanger of 1943, with no arrived: and there late in 1944, Will make it easy for the Chinese; if colossal mad that Russia, having

the end of May, ing him from command." established the so-called dice?" he says. Jesus. Chow at he has proven a top and has potentia Bg

Tu (Yu-ming) to remain. fort and 10 bed with hell of a Meanwhile, the vulgar old man detalls of reconducet.

kicked around by the Jops. The was already planning the

4. CHUNGKING Gol (His face is to be saved, the hell, JUNE orship of the proletariat. cold. Mosquitoes inside the net is trying to think up a scheme to thousand Chinese troons had e

Mendelsobu took me with minc.) with derkelyb ^^ would henceforth be a factor (Nice message from War Depart-

says jaundice,' perhaps |

greeted universal

ck them around. peace, and ment and George

caped from the Burniese disar-due to bad yellow fever. serum laughter (the suggestion that Marshall. On May 26 1942, American. Sel suished Why? Germany was

to nikest February. To bed and the Limeys might come back th promoted to

carried MAY 21-Hain. Breakfast at

their first these the nucleus of a well-train- purge in the morning. At 12:30 to Burmp, grab Slam and Salgön campaign. The follrike back toward the Burma Madame.

see Chiang Kai-shek and "Why" be laughed merrily. They menace number one.

pension. Indefinite about trans-lowing is an excerpt

Both very pleasant. froin the Road from upper “Assam. It seems, however, that portalen.

He invited me to Hung Shart for can't think of such a thing with

the help of the Chinese Associated Press dispatch:

uds to get Cinlaño's datent to the whatever else may change in

British have no

weekend. I gave them the fall; Army." (Jesus Christ.) They "New Delhi, Huila, May 25— Iraining of these troops as a mili- Russia, its expansionist am-

still full of fight after a helltery camp in Central India call-story, pulling no punches, and have the same pkd complex of a beating' ii Burma and... a gil Ramgarh

naming names. Left the pover planes, tanks, gums, etc., will wing u bitions remain. They never

Leary march of 140 miles MAY 25 DELHI All morning with Dindarte. She took juick the war. I got a bit hot and told die, they only sleep, while

through wilt Burmese jungles. on paper work, Aguru the look and said, "Why, that's what him that the only way to do. It Russia, after a defeat or anried it on by other means, imitenant General Josepit W. angles. Dinner with Bosshardt the German advisers told him!" was to thoroughly reorganise the internal convulsion, is lick not against their enemies, Burma could be and must be

Stilwell declared today that

Shoved off at 2.30.

ground forces, Madame jumped and journalists. same. Dori Toll asleep.

JUNE Slayed in bed. up and came over and sat by the ing its wounds. When the but against their friends. ratoken froin, the Japanese.

JUNE 6-Rengged on dinner at and said the Gema had to con wounds are healed, expan-

"He said he regarded Bur- MAX 29-Am. papers. F... It took the Western Allies

K'alisher's tonight, “

sidor certain influences," elc. I sionism presses to the fore a long time to wake up to for re-entry into Cline,

ma spitally important area

MAY 27-MP-wants to gu JUNE CHTUNGSTNIC LET- told her I of course, undergipod. 1121)

tho U.S. on again

the realities of the situation. blocked from the Burma Road home an account of his belly. TE TO MRS. STILWELL When all that. But with Russian expansionism is They have awakened at last, supply route. Here, in his own

Englehart thy apologetle about fo- I got here I was met hy létiers his side and backing him, the ing home and lack of accomplish-fanm you and (1 sure, was good appld little as fails to grasp the now more virulent than it is it too late? Probably not.nly words, is what happened to

ment in China. Sent in scripts have them. Your letters are big opportunity of his life. ever was under the Tsars. In the first place, Russia is the Allies in Burma

sper in a diab for broadcast as "March of Time" he only bright

(To Be Continued) 17 claint toe gai a hell of a And it is infinitely more suc much weaker than it pre-eating. We

pot run on! of and at 5:00 recorded it. British cessful, largely because, no tends to be.

Burma and it is humiliating ng censor wanted armed forces are involved If Russia were actually as hall. I think we ought to find Fisher wouldn't ut him. but the insidious penetration strong as Stalin pretends retake it.

out what caused it, go back and

Me mumbled of other countries by fanatics that it is, when Persia op- FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS-- around and I didn't very far. which is so difficult to com- posed the encroachments of from late spring 1942. 40 early go back for (reconquest of

winter 1944-General Sillwell Burma. From there to Davies bat.

Communism the Kremlin

çay not again to hear the We have heard from Minis- | would not have retreated. sound of enamy fire. His iar per al Daiden's Hotel, a God- Dust storm, lights ters of the necessity of re- Russia would have "disciplin- instem, tens to be a war of failed, were ganged into my arming at once.

carly. น ces, of desk drudgery, of in- country threatens peace. standard of revolt.

letter from And it true, ambition, and politics, Rearmament will absorb

of the atribole would have sent troops to the outlines

Chrut gain. Isn't there all Stilwell's Cenarmi oore one of them that puts the war vices and in industry) and steps because it dared not. etablished within a few weeks first and himself soconut Chgy- materials, which are desper

of his escape from the Jungle.) ed off at 11:00 (lor hasam) in a uhelinngad until ware and it lies from 11:03 to 4:20_p.m.). elements remain un-Not so rumfortable but fast as While the Allies negotiate politio say Britain's standard of with Russia on the basis that changed today perpleting and hell. Beat the transport in

MAY 29-Goddam boy woke touffunding all those who have living within measurable dis- it is strong and we are weak, suceeded Stilwell at the helm of us at 340 instead of 8.30. The tance of that which we en- we shall present Russia with: American policy in Guiņa. Tije

reached Kunming joyed in the halcyon ora that all the aces. If we alter our negle (took farm about her hoved off in 2-25 at preceded 1940. -

tactics to bring them into line trates of the war, a 11030, Rode at 17,000-70,030 Beet

Stilwell attempted to traill adapt.com. Hook the More and more austerity with the facts, we shall step to action, he out Kummin mund, that weather is the British reward for quickly see Russia altering set me do condening set at Chungking was possible. having saved Russia from its tactics in response, and fricately in the underlying sol-Went to bed with some aspirin.

ffice of China" and "Asla..

MAY 30-Fine day Feeling Germany. Russia could not we shall also see an end to

chúng have stood up to Germany st the wearisome shuttlecocking it had been a straight fight of Notes which get us no between the two;

wheres When the war ended we When, adopting this new committed what was pachane diplomatic attitude, we our most grievous error. We is, the British and Ag thought that Stalin and his Show Russle that we gaan bod associates would be grateful business we should munkaakt | Phina's a huge book of rocarent for what we had done, on unit that theVISKANSİYA) Ryucle and causap.

The problem; of supply their behalf. It was pathe-/ phosalih-aver be at kako, wa Unked directly to combat. tically ingenuous. he sha

pona -using;} vediately after the Japanen Kremlinites are incapable of all the resources, atomic and hy in Burma, As gratitulle or of any ot

What seléntific and rough an airline docencios. With thom the

for

Newspapers

Nine

the position of international mess. Not such a hot im- the Gurma

direct report from Stilwell on fed ́ ́ Chinest-American force to

contact with

Japs, who appear to be going for China Chinese troops not heard

soine

Kind of tire-

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man-power (both in the Ser- Spain. It took none of those that was to occupy and absUTY OR

ately required for the res: An End To The 'Notes' litary element mahad B-25: (250 miles jibe heug 1,150

toration of the world economy, and for bringing

war did not stop.

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The grand strategy wua' the defeat of Japan. China's role better. Bad weather in

To bed at as to be the null upon which king. Can't land. the hammers of vimerican power. 10:00 oup and coffee. in the Pacific might shatter MAYS

al-stil bed at Chung- Japan's armles Stilwell as com- king. hatauder in chief of America'n

OBI theatro togs weaponsible for king providing the supply Intining UNE

Labdarship to go will:

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Himalayan Hahn, which

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CHAMPERE, at Chungking. Late afternoon light, or spring sty. "pretty ́sight." Bhang

Back to No. 3, (the Billwolf, zq«

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over,

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out

Lamont

Some

their Rose's feed and tall,

Others for the Gimlet call

As East is East and West is West

It's hard to say which is the best.

But pity the man, who to this day

Hesat tried it

Rose's is made with:freah; site ili and sweetened will

ROSES

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