PATRICK J. HURLEY, U.S. Ambassador to China until his resignation Nov. 26, conferred in Yenan with Communists and brought them Chiang's
invitation to parley in Chungking. Left to right: Chou En-lai, Communist negotiator in Chungking; Hurley; Communist Leader Mao Tze-tung;
Chang Chih-chung, Kuomintang's political chief, who accompanied Hurley.
U.S.-TRAINED TROOPS are lined up before U.S.-supplied howitzers and trucks.
Thirty-nine of Chiang's divisions, about 390,000 men, got U.S. training and equipment.
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TWO NATIONALIST SOLDIERS, the taller from a crack U.S.-trained unit, the other from regular unit, show off difference between American and
Chinese equipment.
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CHIANG'S ARMIES are moving north. Nine are heading for stategic cities. Four others, U.S.-equipped, were flown to Shanghai, Nanking, Peiping and Tientsin.