The special commission investigating the case of General Sun Li-jen, the U.S.-educated World War II hero who abruptly resigned last summer as Chiang Kai-shek's personal chief of staff amid rumors of a Red plot (TIME, Aug. 29), made public its findings last week. Its verdict: General Sun had formed a clique of army officers that had been usedwithout his knowledgeby a Red agent. Accepting the commission's recommendation of clemency, President Chiang announced that the general would be "given an opportunity to redeem himself and be subject to no further disciplinary action."
General Sun had got off lightly. According to the evidence...
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