U.S. PRESSURE FOR REFORMS IN CHINA
(Rec. 2 p.m.) NANKING, July 24. A high official source said that Lieutenant-General Albert Wedomeyer’s mission to China has exerted strong pressure on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to make drastic reforms in his Government and reduce his military budget. The source, who appeared confident that the United States would soon give open and substantial aid to the Generalissimo, said the Nationalist Army should be modernised, re-trained, and used to restrict the Communists to the areas they now hold. United States loans should be used mainly to restore . railway communications, and American advisers should be placed in China to .ensure -the efficient use of the materials and money lent. (
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 July 1947, Page 8
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