19 Jun 09 07:38, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> TW> Chairman Mao was NOT an Frined, he was an Enemy.

 RW>> Only because Shek was our ally...we backed the wrong chinaman.

 TW> We didn't back Mao

That's what I said.

 TW> we Shunned Shek becasue of a silly Dispute Marshal had with him.

It doesn't seem that way when you read the history of it.

Following the war, the United States encouraged peace talks between Chiang
and Communist leader Mao Zedong in Chongqing. Due to the concerns about
widespread corruption in Chiang's government and sympathies for the
Chinese Communist the U.S. government suspended aid to Chiang Kai-shek for
much of the period of 1946 to 1948, in the midst of fighting against the
People's Liberation Army led by Mao Zedong. Alleged infiltration of the
U.S. government by Chinese Communist agents may have also played a role in
the aid suspension.

 TW> You know many Very Senior Military Officers are way to puffed up with
 TW> their Own self Importance.

Patton included.

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