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Originally Posted by Dd714
There was not much that PRC could do, the communist and KMT were essentially still engaged in a civil war, I think KMT forces were still active in some regions in China although most of the fighting had ended in 1949 and KMT had taken refuge in Taiwan. PRC was too weak to fight Taiwan, Taiwan was actually the one planning an invasion back to the mainland to retake China at this time.
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Correct.
When Ilived in Taiwan in the late 1950s, the KMT were confident they were going to return to the mainland and overthrow Mao’s communist government.
In fact they promised to redeem in gold these old bank notes that they gave to every American MAAG officer that advised Chiang’s nationalist army.
My dad passed it on to me, but I’m not holding my breath.
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