Alan, you make me curious. Who are those two greatest Dutch leaders in
history and who is the greatest PM??
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Op 30-4-2013 9:16, Alan Seigrist schreef:
> Hong Kong was in the British Empire because FDR had died in early 1945, if
> you can believe it. FDR was vehemently anti-colonial and Churchill
> understood in principle that they would have to give up all colonies in
> exchange for US help in the war.
>
> FDR, fortunately for the British, died before the end of the war and with
> Truman (a Missouri haberdasher) in the Whitehouse, he was much less
> concerned with the colonies. Because Truman was President when the war was
> over, Hong Kong was not handed over to Chiang Kai Shek... meaning that if
> FDR had survived the war, Hong Kong as part of the ROC would have turned
> communist in 1949.
>
> It's also good fun to know the two greatest Dutch leaders in history were
> American Presidents, and the greatest Prime Minister in the history of
> Britain was half American.
>
> :)
>
> Alan
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl> wrote:
>
>> In those days Hong Kong was part of the British Empire, so still British
>> printed.
>> Kees Oudesluijs
>> NL
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