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    "ocrText": "= SERVICE AECORDS ANATIONAL\nHowever, the Governor expressed strong oppostion to Chiang because Chiang\nis for himself and not wholeheartedly for China. He has made repeated\nrequests for more than half a year for arms and supplies for 30,000\nmen to fight the Communists and then Chiang only sent him 8,000 old\nrifles of American, Japanese and French make. Chiang sent General Yee\nChing Man to Kumming to supervise Lu Han. I talked to General Yee who\nis supposed to guard Lu Han for Chiang and he said he felt that Chiang is\nsuspicious ofeveryone, even himself, and he is not wholeheartedly in\naccord with Chiang's policies. During my stay, I learned that Li cannot\ntravel freely because the personnel of his plane is composed of Chiang's\nmen. His trip from Kumming to Hong Kong was secretly made on the plane\nof the Civil Air Transportation Company. The people in Kumming were\nvery strongly against Communism but at the same time they were against\nChiang. They are friendly to President Li. I had several conversations\nover the telephone with General Pai Chung Hsi, who was at Kweilin at the\ntime. General Pai said that if Chiang is willing to give some money and\nair support for Li's disposal, he believes the Communists can be stopped\nand the tide turned and that many Generals, who are with Pai, felt they\ncan attack Kwangsi and Kwangtung Provinces and beat back the Reds and that\nmost of the people and peasants in the 2 provinces could uprise at a\nmoment's notice. Governor Lu Han said that if he had foods and arms, he\ncan recruit 300,000 men wi thin a month.\n-6-"
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