Foreign News: Invitation Accepted

In Chungking voices rose & fell in the inflection of the four Chinese tones. The most outspoken meeting of the People's Political Council in Chungking's history was in progress. One subject was the unity negotiations which have dragged on for more than four months between Chungking and representatives of the Chinese Communists. What the voices really talked about was control of China—a subject whose ultimate consequences might well be more important to Americans than a Presidential election.

Said Communist Spokesman Lin Tso-han: "We would like to have a national congress called immediately." Cried Chungking's Dr. Wang Shih-chieh: "While Manchuria and other provinces...

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