CHINA’S NEED OF PLANES
NEW YORK, June 26. One per cent, of the United States annual warplane production—B4o—- — be enough for China, said General Chen Cheng to war correspondents on the Upper Yangtze front. General Chen did not think China would receive that many. “We fought for nearly six years on morale. It is evident we need a bigger 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 back 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 not enough troops in China to do so.
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Southland Times, Issue 25691, 28 June 1943, Page 5
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