1943
July 11, 1943
Japan's Dream of World Dominion
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The series opens with a wide survey of the Pacific war and Japan's drive for empire, setting up the weeks to come.
July 18, 1943
Alaska America's New Frontier
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Alaska as America's northern frontier, with Owen Lattimore picturing a future road linking the territory to Siberia and Asia beyond.
July 25, 1943
Siberia America's Nearest Asiatic Neighbor
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A portrait of Siberia, America's nearest Asiatic neighbor across the Bering Strait.
August 1, 1943
The Old China
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The long sweep of old China's history.
August 8, 1943
The New China
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Modern China and its war against the Japanese invasion.
August 22, 1943
Monsoon Asia the Geography of Rice and Rain
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How the monsoon's rains and rice harvests shape the lives of Asia's peoples -- and the course of the war.
August 29, 1943
Monsoon Asia Adventurer and International Rivalry
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September 5, 1943
India from Clive to Gandhi
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India's road from British conquest under Clive to Gandhi's struggle for independence.
September 12, 1943
The Islands of the Pacific
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September 19, 1943
Wwi in the Pacific
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September 26, 1943
The Manchurian Incident and It's Sequel
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October 10, 1943
China's Exiled Universities
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October 17, 1943
Burma Keystone to the Far East
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Burma as the keystone of the Far East, with an analysis of its wartime situation.
October 24, 1943
The Soviet Asiatics a New Human World
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October 31, 1943
The Chinese Revolution
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November 7, 1943
The Phillipines and Their Fight for Freedom
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The Philippines' fight for freedom, with Owen Lattimore on American policy toward the islands.
November 14, 1943
Chang Kai Shek Freedom and Equality
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A portrait of Chiang Kai-shek, with Henry Luce hailing him as the man who bound China together.
November 21, 1943
Australia Rising Power in the Pacific
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Australia's rise as a power in the wartime Pacific.
November 28, 1943
Japan's Dynasty of Terror the Black Dragon Society
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Japan's militarist secret societies and the shadowy power of Mitsuru Toyama, with Hillis Lory on political assassination.
December 5, 1943
Thailand the Enslavement of a Free People
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Thailand's history and its conquest by Japan -- and the strongman both Japan and the Thai people came to despise.
December 12, 1943
Indo China the Collapse of the French Empire in the Pacific
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French Indochina, France's "balcony on the Pacific," fallen under Japanese control.
December 19, 1943
The Beggars of the Sea
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The history and peoples of the Dutch East Indies, waiting for liberation.
December 26, 1943
Jose Rizal Patriot Martyr of the Phillipines
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Jose Rizal, the Philippine patriot and martyr executed by a Spanish firing squad in 1896.
1944
January 2, 1944
Hawaii Melting Pot of the Pacific
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Hawaii as the melting pot of the Pacific.
January 9, 1944
Korea Japan's Oldest Enemy
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January 16, 1944
New Zealand Sealane Center of the South Pacific
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January 23, 1944
Nehru of India the New Man of the New World
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January 30, 1944
Formosa Prize of the China Sea
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February 6, 1944
The Mighty Carolines Secret Stronghold of the Japanese
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February 13, 1944
Homer Lee Prophet of the Pacific
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February 20, 1944
The Burma Road Highway to the Heart of Japan
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February 27, 1944
India at War
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March 5, 1944
General Tojo the Razor
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A profile of Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime military leader.
March 12, 1944
Sun Yat Sen Father of the Republic of China 1st Half Only
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March 19, 1944
The Enemy We Face in the Pacific
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A stark portrait of the Japanese people and how their country wages the war.
March 26, 1944
New Guinea Cinderella Land of the Pacific
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April 2, 1944
The Moros Nemesis to the Japs on Mindanao
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April 9, 1944
The Kurile Islands Steppingstones to Tokyo
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April 16, 1944
Guam Our Forsaken Stepchild
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April 23, 1944
The Myth of the Son of Heaven C
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April 30, 1944
Canada on the Pacific C
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May 7, 1944
Sakhalin Sorepoint of the Pacific C
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May 14, 1944
The Case of Russia vs Japan C
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May 21, 1944
The Commonwealth of the Phillipines C
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May 28, 1944
Air Transportation Lifeline of China C
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June 4, 1944
Manchuria the Japanese Ruhr C
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June 11, 1944
Chongqing War Capitol of China C
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June 18, 1944
The Ainu Outcasts of Japan C
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June 25, 1944
The Chinese Puppet Government First 2 5 Minutes Poor C
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July 2, 1944
Japan's Advance Base the Bonin Islands C
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July 9, 1944
The Overseas Chinese Last 2 5 Minutes Poor C
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July 16, 1944
Will Java Be Free C
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July 23, 1944
The Chinese Communists C
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July 30, 1944
The Japanese Navy C
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August 6, 1944
The Amur River C
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August 13, 1944
Sinkiang China's Wild West C
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Sinkiang, China's far-western frontier, drawn from the book "Gateway to Asia: Sinkiang."
August 27, 1944
Vladivostak Mistress of the Far East C
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September 3, 1944
Bhosa the Indian Quisling C
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September 10, 1944
The South Manchuria Railway C
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September 17, 1944
China's New Life Movement C
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September 24, 1944
Tokyo Target of the Pacific C
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October 1, 1944
Manila Pearl of the Orient C
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October 8, 1944
China's Little Devils C
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October 15, 1944
The Kwantung Army C
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October 22, 1944
The Long March C
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October 29, 1944
Hainan Sentry of the South China Sea C
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November 5, 1944
The Filipino Underground C
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Life in the Philippines under Japanese occupation, and the resistance underground.
November 12, 1944
Russia's Strength in the Far East C
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November 19, 1944
Japan's Robber Barons C
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November 26, 1944
Opium Curse of the Far East C
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December 3, 1944
Manchuria's Puppet Government C
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December 10, 1944
Japan's Secret Police C
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December 17, 1944
Nan King C
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1945
January 7, 1945
Japan's Highway of Steel C
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January 14, 1945
Luzon Phillipine Doorway to Japan C
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January 21, 1945
China's Air Force C
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January 28, 1945
The Andaman Islands C
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February 4, 1945
Siberia's People the Secret of Her Strength C
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February 11, 1945
Saipan Springboard to Nippon C
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The battle for Saipan as a springboard toward Japan, with General Norstad on its significance.
February 18, 1945
The Yangtze C
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February 25, 1945
Islam in the Pacific C
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March 4, 1945
Conquest by Japanization C
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March 11, 1945
China's Land Problem C
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March 18, 1945
Malaka Straight Gateway to the Sw Pacific C
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March 25, 1945
The Japanese Dilemma C
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April 1, 1945
The Ryukyu Islands C
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April 8, 1945
Yunan Anchor of the Burma Road C
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April 22, 1945
San Francisco Spring 1945 C
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April 29, 1945
Phillipines Come of Age C
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May 6, 1945
The Guards to the Coast of China C
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May 13, 1945
China's Secret Weapon C
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May 27, 1945
Japan in Indochina 4 Minute Clip C
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June 3, 1945
Mongolia Strife in Asia's Interior
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June 10, 1945
Yenen Citadel of Chinese Communism C
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June 17, 1945
Blood for an Outlet to the Sea C
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June 24, 1945
Honshu Heart of China
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July 1, 1945
Bangkok Thailand
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July 8, 1945
The Yellow River
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July 15, 1945
Sumatra
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July 22, 1945
Japan's Air Power
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July 29, 1945
B 29 Japanese Express
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August 5, 1945
Paradox of Korea
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Korea's uncertain future, closing with the US State Department's statement on the Korean Provisional Government.
August 12, 1945
Red Banner for Eastern Armies
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August 19, 1945
Singapore
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August 26, 1945
Liberals in Chiang Kai Shek's Camp
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September 2, 1945
Hong Kong
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September 23, 1945
The New Milestone
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September 30, 1945
Menace of Japan's Old Order
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October 7, 1945
Nanking Symbol of Victory
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October 14, 1945
Russia Pacific's New Power
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October 21, 1945
Shanghai
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October 28, 1945
Japan's Food Crisis
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November 4, 1945
China Worlds Biggest Customer
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November 11, 1945
France Faces the Music
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November 18, 1945
Siberia's People
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November 25, 1945
Java
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December 2, 1945
Australia Comes Out Scratchy
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December 9, 1945
Black Gold in the Pacific
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Oil in the Pacific, with an interview on wartime petroleum policy from Deputy Administrator Ralph Davies.
December 16, 1945
Transport in China
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December 23, 1945
Fireworks in the Phillipines
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An eyewitness account of the Japanese invasion of Manila.
December 31, 1945
Ep the Remaking of Japan Scratchy
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1946
January 6, 1946
The Buryat Mongols a Soviet Minority
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January 13, 1946
Thailand Heads Back
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January 20, 1946
New Caldonia
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January 27, 1946
Help for China's Millions
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February 3, 1946
Japan's Fisheries
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February 10, 1946
Mao Tse Tung Scratchy
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February 17, 1946
Untouchables of India
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February 24, 1946
Rehol Keystone of North China Scratchy
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March 3, 1946
Silk the Golden Thread
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March 10, 1946
Sarawak Adventure in Statehood Very Rough
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March 17, 1946
Hanoi Perfume and Gunpowder End Clipped
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March 24, 1946
Australia's Heavy Industry
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March 31, 1946
Hawaii the 49th State End Clipped
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April 7, 1946
Korea Political Battlefield
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April 14, 1946
The Chinese Giant Awakens
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April 21, 1946
Famine in India
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May 5, 1946
Ceylon the New Day
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Ceylon at the dawn of a new day, with a scholar of the island's years under British rule.
June 2, 1946
The Milk and Meat of the Far East
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The soy bean's rise as the "milk and meat" of the Far East -- and a growing American crop.
June 9, 1946
The Burma Patriotic Front 1st in Un Series
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First of the 1946 "United Nations in the Pacific" programs -- Burma's patriotic front.
June 16, 1946
Russia Looks to the East 2nd in Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on Russia's turn toward the East.
June 23, 1946
The Heartland of Asia Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the heartland of Asia.
June 30, 1946
Special Broadcast the Atomic Bomb at Bikini Atoll
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Eyewitness accounts of the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, including a recording of the blast.
July 7, 1946
The Phillipines the Birth of a Nation Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the Philippines' birth as an independent nation.
July 21, 1946
Our Job in Japan Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the American occupation's job in Japan.
July 28, 1946
Crosscurrents in Malaya Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the crosscurrents shaping Malaya.
August 4, 1946
Skyway to the Far East Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the air routes to the Far East.
August 18, 1946
Medicine Comes to China Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the arrival of modern medicine in China.
August 25, 1946
Sichuan Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on China's Sichuan province.
September 1, 1946
The New Voice in the East Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the new voice rising in the East.
September 8, 1946
Bali Un Series
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A "United Nations in the Pacific" program on the island of Bali.
September 29, 1946
Timor Pawn of the Pacific
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October 6, 1946
The Seebees Conflict in Indonesia
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October 13, 1946
Canada Looks to the West
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October 20, 1946
Canton the Symbol of New China
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October 27, 1946
Our Strategic Needs in the Pacific
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November 3, 1946
Post War Formosa
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November 10, 1946
Redemption in Singapore
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The fall of Singapore to Japan and the brutal conditions endured by its prisoners.
November 17, 1946
The Fiji Islands
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November 24, 1946
Guam New Outpost in the Pacific
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December 1, 1946
Tasmania Switzerland of the South
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December 8, 1946
China's Wild Men of the Mountains
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December 15, 1946
The Japanese and the Soil
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December 22, 1946
Transition in India
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India on the eve of independence, and the deepening conflict between Hindus and Muslims.
December 29, 1946
Macao Decision Pending
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1947
January 5, 1947
Sinkiang Powder Keg of Asia
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January 12, 1947
Storm Clouds Over the Philippines
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January 19, 1947
Rubber Bellwether of Malaya
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January 26, 1947
The Marquees Last Episode
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