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CKS and his cronies were so notorious for corruption that Joe Stillwell sought to cut off Lend-Lease aid to China many times in WW2. This is was it was so low, because most of it was ending in Chiang's pockets. Chiang never committed his best troops or American aid to fight the Japanese, but instead held back troops and supplies for an eventual showdown with Chinese Communist, once the United Front ended.
Christian Science Monitor
During World War II, he took advantage of American desperation by effectively blackmailing the Roosevelt administration, occasionally hinting that the Japanese might offer a better deal. Chiang's reputation for extortion was so great that he earned the nickname "Cash My Check."
Roosevelt recognized Chiang's defects but nevertheless felt obliged to support him. While he told the American people that Chiang was "an unconquerable man of great vision and great courage," he confessed to Gen. Joe Stillwell that he was "fed up" with the generalissimo.During World War II, he took advantage of American desperation by effectively blackmailing the Roosevelt administration, occasionally hinting that the Japanese might offer a better deal. Chiang's reputation for extortion was so great that he earned the nickname "Cash My Check."
Roosevelt recognized Chiang's defects but nevertheless felt obliged to support him. While he told the American people that Chiang was "an unconquerable man of great vision and great courage," he confessed to Gen. Joe Stillwell that he was "fed up" with the generalissimo.
https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0106/p18s02-bogn.html
Chiang Kai Shek: China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost
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