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Now that the destinies of the U,S. and China are so closely linked, conditions in China become of vital interst [[interest]] to us all. I shall try to tell you briefly conditions as they exit in China at present.

When the U.S. was plunged into war with Japan on Der.7, 1941, Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek Cabled Pre. Roosevelt: "To our now common battle, we offer all we are and all we have.....When those words were written, the American public as a whole had not grasped the extent of Chian's [[China's]] accomplishment in keeping her invaders bogged down in futile conflict for almost five years. Since then, as Japan has shown her full might, the American people now fully appreciate the calibre of China's armies.

Three factors have enabled China to hold out so long against a superior foe: brilliant strategy, soldiers who are great fighters and the complete cooperation of the people. By the now famous tactic of trading space for time, Chaing Kai shek was able to build up a stong frithing [[strong fighting]] force and establish his armies in territory that the enemy could not successfully penetrate for long. On the other hand, even in territory supposedly held by the Japanese, the guerilla[[strikethrough]]a[[/strikethrough]] activities of the people have so harassed and hampered the enemy that actually he is in secure possession only of towns and cities where he can protect himself behind walls and in garrisons.

As one of the United Nations, China has great contributions to make to the common effort:
1. She is keeping a Japanese army of one million men immobilized in China.
2. We now have an army of six million regular troops plus eleven million recruits and reserves constantly under training. IN addition, we have