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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 December 1944Vol. XV, No. 5

Distinguished Chinese Arrives in Tahiti

p. 21 · Read in the full issue

Tahiti

From Our Own Correspondent

Papeete, Oct. 1.

WE cannrt comprehend why China, in the midst of a devastating war. attaches so much importance to this outpost of its Empire, that it has sent one of its most distinguished officials to Papeete with the rank of Consul-General.

Are Hawaii and Tahiti the spearheads of a pincer strategy directed at the Western Hemisphere? When China shall have gained a commanding place in the post-war world, will these spearheads become advance posts of subtle infiltra tion into the Americas?