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The Chinese Puppet Government first 2 5 minutes poor C

The Pacific Story · June 25, 1944 · 30 min · 4,457 words

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The National Broadcasting Company and its affiliated stations present the Pacific story. In the mounting fury of world conflict, events in the Pacific are taking on ever greater importance. Here is the story of the Pacific and the millions of people who live around this greatest sea, the drama of the people whose destiny is at stake in the Pacific War.

Here as another public service is the tale of the war in the Pacific, and its meaning to us and to the generations to come. The Chinese puppet government, Samsung, soft-spoken, elderly Chinese, sits alone in Nang-Tian.

He wears a blue silk robe and black slippers. In his body, he carries a bullet. Two others were removed. His health is not good. He is head of the Chinese puppet government in Japanese-occupied China.

His name is Wang-Ching-Wei. Wang-Ching-Wei. We hate him. This is a Chinese nationalist. Wang Qingwei, we despise him. This is a Chinese Communist. Wang Qingwei, we have nothing but contempt for him. This is a Japanese.

One of those who sent him up as head of the puppet government in occupied China. The Japanese hoped that Wang Qingwei would be able to bring over to their side many of China's leaders. Not one of importance has come over.

In 1942, there were rumors that the Japanese tried to purge Wang Qingwei's government in the army. Just two years before this he had written smiling through the crowded streets of Tokyo. After a three-hour visit with Emperor Hirohito, he had said, This is the most glorious day of my life. This was the high water mark of Wang Xingwei's career

of political manipulation. All his life he had been ambitious and far-seeing. In these years he had heard himself praise. There is poetry in him. He speaks with brilliance and beauty. He is a man of intellectual refinement and charm.

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