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1.THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1948.

DECEMBER 15 The Reds are THE TWENTY-SEVENTH INSTALMENT

| no longer ‹afraiä [of Chiang, K'at-

thek). The Central Government men desert to them. One whole company deseriód and the Rests sent the rifies back. "We can't force the men to rolurn, but here ALDO the rifles." Bore troops moved up to contain the Reds, but their propaganda is working. They feel that Chiang Kai-shek's | position is weak.

CONFERENCE WITH CHIANG

Put it to him sa to possible re- Telephonem:

sults of reneging on Burma opera- tion. He has a trick solution: Reporters & General Office 32317 accept both of the plans offered

by President: 1.0., get ready (for Burma offensive] and be in posi- tion and then when spring comes" decide if "conditions are favourable," If so, fight. If not, HK$72.00 wait till November (1944). Toki him it was necessary to decide now, so troop moves could start. Asked him who would decide the In case and he said be would! other words, no. Night He never

PRESENT AND

FUTURE

Intended to.

The Stilwell Papers

skirmishing fitfully with Jap

November, and promising "heavy | divorce them from the possibilitý [his couts had been determined amphibious operations" then. That of retreat, abandon fired supply by the history of the previous will be insisted on now, F. D. R. pines as completely as did Sher- Įtwo years. It was inpossible to should have insisted on his ço-man in Georgia, make, them des persuade either Dellit or Chung- operating as planned, under phin pendent on air drops alone, drive king by words or logic that Chi- of cutting off all supplies. Now them two hundred miles through nese troops could defeat entrenchanese outposts for months with- he bolleves he can go just as far jungle, swamp, and mountain to ed Japanese; It could be done as he likes and the U.S. will conquer a skillful, entrenched, only by demonstration in the out success. Stilwell's first pur cringe and take it. He's not go and desperate enemy.

field. It was more important in pose was to force this division to The bare lines of the card Sittwell's mind to dispose

toke aggressive action, to blood Cht- ing to fight at any time, regard-

The nene battalions, companies palpur were simple enough.

it in battle by clearing the mat and less of what he says,

fed, valley of the Tana River. great objective In the openplatoons in combat and prod lowland of north-central Burina, them to victory than to

He first limited objectives were argue The pay-off is that I can go where the meter-gauge railway their worth in conference else. By clearing these he would clear Taipha Ga and Yupbang Ga. nhead and fight with the Ledo The rising measure of Bri.

wound its way through the link there. force. He is

of afraid that evened totons of Mogaung and Myll Sillwell realised that for the area about the vilinge tain's economic progress is [He] keeps coming back to the concerted attack by all available kepina, If these two totons could timate success in breaking the make the base for his Hukaton's Shingwiyan which he planned to shown in the summaries of amphibious operation, promised forces has only one chance in be seized, a rond might be built blockade he would need a co- achievement and future pro plan better than old one, except and let a small force take on the reach them, and then pushed on force sallying out of Yunnan in by President. Told him present hundred and yet he'll sit back through he jungle from India to ordinated drive by the Yake

valley drive.

A cold trip across the Hump grammes just published by for size of amphibious operation. Japs alone. Madame is discour toward the Chinese border

to Asam from brought him of the cast under the direction of the United Kingdom Govern- No sonp. This amphibious opera- aged and a little dismayed. She Yunnan,

China, and from the airbase great Brigadier General Dorn. He had tment to explain its plans for tion is just "no good."

blockade..

nert morning he drove by jeep We ought can't do a' thing with him,

bren refused this co-operation in over the rough new road trace No one apoke the first full year of Marshall to attack Moulmein and "cut off

seriously of Chungking immediately after the reaching out of Ledo toward the DECEMBER 10-First time in Myitkyina when the campaign CITD conference. He hoped in jungle and Chinese combat head- Ald. The salient facts about the rear." Says we mustn't risk

The history. G-mo Rave me ful ras steaming up at Stilwell's wring it out of Chiang's pride by present British production being defeated in Burma.

cllect

headquarters on the Indian bort the crample of personal Chinese people command of the Ledo IX force) ter in December, 1943, Muiskuins and success in field operations in action compared with 1935-38 are would be too serious, The little troops. Without strings sal

sak a word, a phrase, o label an | Korth

By wire Burma. that total industrial output | hypocrite. Even at expense of there would be no interferenc

that it

amy.' was "ny was about 20 per cent higher remaining cut off-still he won't and and agricultural production risk defeat. Of course, next No- Gave me full power to ire ans

and all officers. Cautioned 25 per cent higher.

not to sacrifice it to British in- teresta, Otherwise, use it as I saw fit. Madame promised to get th in writing so I could show it to all concerned.

The factors responsible for These changes are partly a re- sult of British wartime and

some raw

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vember the same argument will be just as weighty.

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DECEMBER 21-Up at 1:80. and [Arrived] Chabua [in Assam) a dream that existed in Stilwell's contrier, he kept up constant pres- at 0:30. Cold trip to Ledo. Sow

nind alone. From the Allied sure on Chungking to commit its taun (Li-jen, Went over plan.

nsition on the tangled mountain- | troops to action. unple border of India, the road

DECEMBER 22-Up at 7:00 During the

period of

for breakfast, Oatmeal, hot cakes, +0 Multkulna seemed incredibly } serand Burma

campaign Stil-bacon, coffee, Jam, and butter. fistant. Ultimately perhaps in well's, diaries consist

almost er off over the Ledo Road} at 8:00. 1945-it would be taken, but deschisizely of technical military 14 miles to Ningum. Arrived 2:00. fore then the campaign wou'dĮ notations, the movement of TC- love to proceed chunk by chunki giment, battaliona, diplalona. On m postwar economic policy.

slow, plodding steps. First, ly enough of the are included in

No action for past ten days. The substantial increase in

attack It took a long time, but aphere was the Tana River to be this chapter on in necessary to Inalted

on serious manufacturing output reflects

parently confidence has beci -leared to make the Shiingbwiyan give the bare tons of action and Yupbung. Apparently only two the Government's policy of

Established. A month or so ago ›¦ clearing safe.

the movement of event. H's re- platoons, surrounding" Chinese in war to be fired and now he gives Beyond the Tanat vallcu iau ferences to diuisional and

Japs duz in at re-front Yupbang. full employment, the need to

Hukawnp DECEMBER 10--Saw May and me a blank check. If the troops the

valley. studded, pimental numbers always refer river; changed plan to put weight increase home manufacture Ela. They're close to nervous will only fight, we can make a with Japanese parrisons.

to Cluese trompe is American against them there with artillery In place of imports

Chances looks Britain prostration. Con't sleep.

Beyond the Hukairno lay the Marauders are vanallu May dent in the Japs. There is

recorded and air support.. "Galalind”—the code good. Five hundred ensuollies down prayed can no longer afford, plus in- sold she

with him

to Jambu Bun hills and more Japs. Įsimply chance for us to work

Beyond the Milla tav [Chiang last night. Told me Myitkyina, block off, below Mo-

the word for the Marauders' project: so far. Q. How long would they creased efficiency in a nun-

Mogaung valley. ber of industries.

Here are some of the names ni they have sat on their asses here? · Normal murder him."

she'd done "everything except gaung and actually make the

Bila says when Junction, even with Yoke witting foot mountain range carveled cell deal:

And beyond that, over-a-6,000-the-commandera--with-whum-Stil-

DECEMBER 23 Good sleep in unemployment is less than hes

tired he takes refuge in being on its lukas. This may be wish-wish jingle, was Myitkyina and Major General Dantel Sultan dugout, Breakfast: chicken soup, 14 per cent of the working "noble." We doped out what to ful thinking in a big way, but it garrison.

|U.S.A. — donuty commander of coffee, rausage. Jap' assuranco population, and most of these do and decided on asking F.D.R. could be.

Silwell had at his command the Chi-Burika-India theatre, that, Chinese will not react may 12 per cent are re-employed you to lenti same wholehearted to send him a radio: "Expect

tw Chinese divisions-the 38th whose office was 1* Delki,

have gotten them in, a halo. LETTER TO MRS. STILWELL and 22nd-which had been moved Major General Frank Merrill we take out Yupbang, those up quickly.

co-op that the Brilish gave Elsen- Every time I

Shy to

myself. From Ramgarh to the India-Bur--commander in chief of the north will be bagged. 0:00 a.m. These improvements must bower."

"That's the lust gasp-we can't mu border in 1943. In reserve, Marauder, 4

conference [with Chinese]. Made of course be the spur to fur-

possibly chew that over An Central India, quother Chinese Brigadier General Lewis Pickpocels and told them this is im- ther effort. During the year Session with, in which I more," Chiang has to see me division was finishing training-General Pick tens the engineer portant, and must go. Bummed Much objection ending June, 1949, Britain isave him some dope to feed the again, with a further drain er. Al three divisons totaled about tag officer in command of the around all day.

G'ine. Asked him how come my small stock of patience.

10,000 men. Opposing them were construction of the Ledo Rond,

to my going forward, Ambush, planning for still further ex- they hod 300 divisiona and

betireen forty and sixty thousand Brigadier General Donald Old ele. Compromise on tomorrow pansion. Although manufac- couldn't fill up 10 [full strength Put down Decerober 18, 1943

Battle-tested Japs, dug in deep. -conimander of the air supyori | early, Pigs dropped (by para- turing production

operations that supplied the càm- will con- divisions]. He said they were as the day, when for

the firs

The main "useless." Imagine that.

burden of combat alan with food, munitions, and chute for (Dr.) Seagrave: [com- Chinese tinue to be limited by avall-

time in history, a foreigner was

for manding hospital rested directly on the Chinese airborne troops. given command of Chinuse

by thely jable supplies of steel and Session with Ho Ying-ch'in. with full control over all officer:inions, commanded

Colonel Frank Hunter-créeu- Army] for Christmas party. on officers, but tightly bori|tive officer of the Marauders, "U.S. Instructors and no strings attached. Can you durate to Stilwell's personal urge, who exercised field command on 4:00. materials, it is His usual line.

DECEMBER 24-Breakfast hoped to make an increase to can't live with Chinese troops believe it? May was л

Off at 6:30 [on fool] for withes?

The Chinese, however, were on the march to Myitkyina when the party. Arrived at Battalion n level 25 to 30 per cent above they wouldn't be comfortable and I have a letter to the arms

association of Merrill was invalided. ɔng strain an pre-war. Coal, it is anticipate can't chao tal facummodule and division commanders to tak

rices and nations that made the them] properly, etc., ale, Told

Colonel Rothwell Brown-Am command post at 3:40. Artillery ed, will expand at an annual him I had done so often and my the 'mo himself. This has beatae of the war's great galleries Americae lank unit ured in the en. Infantry off as 10:06, closing orders from me as though I were orth Burn empaign of 1944 erican commander of the Chidere put in 270 rounds: [from] ning to rate of seven per cent, while people would, too. He said].

central Bur North Burnia campaign. This

in from both flanks and gradual- the agricultural production is ex-

Russians [previous Russian a long uphill fight and wher of curiosities, In

ma, far to the south of he main outfit consisted of apprarimately

ly cleaning up. One pocket loft at 5:00, surrounded. Pulled out pected to reach

observers] had complained; it who are handed a ready-made drive. British Commando forces ninety light, and medium tanks. a level 35

was very unpleasant. Told him fully

under Wingate well-trained

and Lenialgne Lieutenant General Willian at 5:00, back at 7:00. Tired. per cent above pre-war. we wouldn't and that we'd relieve,

equipped,

operated,

Kachin scouts under Josepli Slim-Brittals Army, Silm Li and Han Chinese battalion Large scale and carefully the kickers. He pulled some stuff army of Americans to work with, American direction raised Jen was Mountbatten's appointed in commanders] did good day's wort

mukes me wonder if I'm no. planned capital expenditure about training programmes and

mese outposts far and wide. A command of the entire Burma Jopa tough. All things, consider working out some of my pus will go hand in hand with time limits and crap, and I told sins. They gave me a shoestring Hill's Marauders-wheeled about Stilwell's operations in

American Commando force--Mer frout, both Britisit and Chinesa, ed, Chinere did good job. The north men are fearless and the funior these expansions in produc- nim the G-mo said we were wet and now we've run it up to con- the flanks of the main

come in all

advance, Burma were technically all units, for indefinite

aubor-commanders did OK. Very tough" tion. Over the next few stay. He said of course if I did not is, will it snap when we put the anese

siderable propertions: the question | impínuing each position the Jap-dinate to Slim, though in the going to got Japs out of this

established expenditure trust the Chinese officers we could weight on it? I've had word Chinese by cutting around the outranked Stim.

against the hierarchy of command Stilwell jungle. should average £2,000,000,000 send checkers to watch the motorom Chiang that I can get what combat movement -was-fed-bunese Army-Sun" was "commander | port at 9:00,-pocket-all--cloaned.........n

away jungle to their rear. The entire

DECEMBER 25 Christmas, Rò-- Mojor, General Sun Li-jen, Chi- a year. While certainly not movement.

ney from this dump tomorrow." enough, to meet all pressing was being spent and I was res

wasn't the reason: US. [money] means "I'll spend Christmas parachute drops executed by the of the Chinese 38th Divbian, and Japs, in pocket killed themselves Ono Jap needs this capital budget will possible for it and and to report with the Confucianists in the US. Tenth Air Force, performing Stilwell was fonder of Sun, a Vir- with hand grenades. go far to increase output per We got him on every count, and jungle all the way. O what fun Chinese troops crawled the Ledo in his command. Sun was later mander of Chinese 38th Division

Jungle.

"Jungle Bells, Jungle Bells, superblu its strategic functions in ginia Military Institute graduate, officer captured wounded in arm.

tunan infantry war. Behind the than of any other Chinese leader DECEMBER 28-Got Sun [com. man-hour particularly in the had him running so much

that is to ride

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on Christmas long run. It is moreover a McCammon couldn't look at him Day." Until this mess is cleaned American enginters

Rood, struggling toward China-promoted to command, the Clif- in and gave him a heart-to-heart

folk, up I wouldn't want to be doing while), Chinges, Indians, Nagase New First Lau realistic programme within

He seems sincere. Swears. Chinese Major General Liao, the limit of resources avail-

anything but working at I, and built the road through the jungle Army-commander of the Citor the up hsien sheng old get

they are trying to do a good job (4:00 u.m.). Conference. More you wouldn't want me to eithor and over the hille able and with priority being history made. When he Bays thank God.

com- under the near 22nd Division. later So, it's all as treads of the tanks and the mander of the New Sixth Am the troops are all bucked up to lleman-meaning Sulwell), that given to developments which anything, it's so: ie., "There are should be and we are lucky wheels of the trucks that -icera will produce the quickest and He just says it, so it must be so. eight Jap divisions in Burma."

There were the men and forces have me with them, but com- crowd.

carrying combat troops forward with whom Stilwell had to deal.manders are uneasy for fear. I most useful results. The key If I say everybody agrees that

to clear the trace.

•DECEMBER 20-Off for Bunnu

When, in the inst week of De nature of the capital pro- there are five divisions, he just again, Under better auspices,

On the map, the campaign for cember, 1943. Stilwell flew across get hit and they be held respon uramme is brought out by the asya "No, there are eight. Again than last time. CAN WE PUT IT north Bant the campaign for the Hamp armed with Chiang's sible, insistent that I stay back

the and let them do it. highlights of plans for the fally-"We have only one chance OVER?

wriggled tortuously from unpro vermilion seat of command.

Chinese 22nd Division On the nounceable same to first year. Modernisation of We have even less chance of IN DECEMBER, 1943, it could nounceable

Unpro Burma-India, border. · hød · been nå me.

On the coal mines and opening up of | winning now than we had in be truthfully, said that never in ground, it was rain, heat, 'mud, new pits, the continuance of 1943" Good God. And if I men history had

Chinese

troops and sickness. It was snakes in building new electricity gen- tion air, artillery, tanks, 200,000 launched a successful strategie camp at night; K rations and

offensive against a erating stations, oil refinery Chinese, and 180,000 Brush he enemy. In the second Burma darkness during the day and the

modern dried rice; snipers and ambushji construction and develop-

campaign. Stilwell proposed "to rustling jungle at night. It was ment of crude oil resources

retorite history, staking his He "reasons" that "we have a putation on the unproven thesis noted in his diary after one of re-hike, kill, and die, or, as Stilwell, in the Commonwealth, build- better chance to win if we take that, given proper equipment hle everyday marches - through ing of new railway rolling the defensive and let the Japs and training, Chinese soldiers the muck: "Up the river, over the

attack." I asked him where we were, man for man, as good continued expansion would be if the U.S. had adopted any in he world. In his belief and cumble." stock.

as hogback-alip, struggle, CUTIE of steel plants, and further that attitude two years ago. Intensive development of the answer. He tus un iden that the alme. Not only did the British, January to July of 1944, and for No in Chinese valour, Stilwell_stood Stilwell was in the jungle from.

chemical and fertiliser Indus British won't fight, and that he and the overwhelming portion of his personal participation in the tries are amongst the major will sit on his ass till the Ameri- the US. Army staff in Arla be- campaign he was later severely,

Jur the criticised. He was, of the timej: cans come and save him. "We'll Have it was impossible projects now in hand or starting.

destroy a three-star general of the United get ready and tell Mountbatten Chinese to attack to go ahead with his plans and battle-proved Japanese divisions | States Army and commander of In the process of all this then, if

111 everything is favourable, of roughly equal strength a war theatre, but he had aban- northern Burma, but the Chinese doned his headquarters to com- expansion there is not much we'll

fight.

०. must wait for

general staff in Chungking held mand troops in the jungle. In chance this year anyhow the opportune time," Good God. The same low opinion of its suid- the mouths of his critics his per- of the British people having ters that he thinks he can get an

Ho's so Ignorant of military mate iery.

·sonal", command became a. frolic, What Stilwell proposed to do a Rover Boy's holiday in their standards of living im-offensive started at the word was this: to take raw, troops, woods. But In Stilwell's mind proved. But this is policy "Go." Very aloe, guarantee of com which most British people operation for the British. to loan realise Is essential to their future well-being. It "Let the British go ahead and DO YOU [essential for two reasons. attack Akyab.". I told him they First, to bring nearer the day would naturally expect him to do when the gap on overseas them, just as he is insisting in

something to take pressure off of KNOW trade, particularly with the treble notes that they attack and Western hemisphere, will be take pressure off him. Oh, no, closed. Secondly, so that that's different. "Wa must have Britain can full her obligat tell him we have more than three to one to beat the Japs." tions to her overseas custom three to one-in Yunnan we have ers generally and play her tourteen divisions against one KONG? leading part in Common- and a third. • "Oh, no,

they have wealth development | and several divisions there." Nothing European recovery, dee

te possible without a big amphi blous, operation."

on. He doesn't know

PRISON BURGLED Londen, October 20.

Officers, of the London prison!

| of. Wornwood Scrubs got mḥaurel

the end.

in a hundred of winning," Again

still sticks to it.

what a ̈big' ambhibfəsli biberation lg: birt unfortunately, Mountbatten honort about it. So now that

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