The Archive · 1940

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Hongkong, Mar. 13.

Soviet assistance to Chungking will Increase when the Finnish campaign tends, Gen, Yang Chieh, Chinese Dassador to Moscow,' predicted Kunming yesterday, @ Chinese dispatch reaching here' today said.

Gen. Yanit, who returned to Chung. king from Moscow early in March in Great secrecy, made his first public Statement In Kunming where he rived early. yesterday morning, cording to this report.

"The Chinese militarist turned diplomat, said he believed that a setilement of the European confit. was considered dimieult in. Moscow, although various nations appreciated the idealistic motives behind. American pence overtures.

Gon. Yang declined to divulge the character of his aclivitios in Moscow, which, he was quoted ax saying, "must Femaln secret,"

Soviet Government circles, he was truther quoted as saying, regarded Me. Wany Ching-wel as being of "vaelliating" character and were of the opinion that there could be no Soviet-Japanese rapprochement garding the impending establishment 'Of a new central government in Nan= king will be discussed, Mr. Wang Ching-wel, who Is going' to head the new regime, issued a manifesto yesterday in Shanghai through te China News "Agency explaining his stand tothe nation. The conference will be held in the next few days.

his statement, Mr, Wang cmphasized the ce-operation with Japan Advocated by Dr. Sun Yatesen as the Keynote of his policy, reiterating the statements made by "Prince Konoye: of Japan. He assures that the peace movement led by him will not impair, the' independence of China and expresses the hope that within the shortest possible time, the period political tutelage will' be brought to end and the period of constitutional government, inaugurated.

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