THE NEEDS OF CHINA.
NEW YORK. June 20
One per cent: of the annual warplane production of the United States would be enough for Chinn, said Genera! Chen Cheng to war correspondents on the Upper Yangtse front. General Chen, did not thin!; that China would receive that many. “We have fought for nearly six years ou morale. It is evident that we need a lugger air force and more heavy guns.’ General Chen, who is aged 47, is one of China’s leading generals. He was hastily summoned from Yunnan to turn hack the recent Japanese threat to Chungking. He expressed the belief that: the Japanese were not in a position to renew their attacks as they have n#t enough troops in China to to so.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 63, Issue 220, 28 June 1943, Page 3
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