General Dorn speaks before a gathering of people, including General Stilwell's widow.

Dorn starts by speaking about the most controversial aspects of Stilwell's work in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater. Topics he covers in order:

- How Stilwell wound up in CBI instead of North Africa, where he was originally supposed to go.

- Using Burma to supply China

- The many interests by various nations that Stilwell had to balance.

Following, he takes questions from the audience. The questions/audience are well picked up on the recording. Topics covered here include:

- Stilwell's relationship with Chiang Kai-Shek and commanding the Chinese forces

- Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, of whom General Dorn does not have a favorable opinion. Dorn analyzes her strengths, weaknesses, and others opinions of her.

- What the implications would have been if an American corps was sent to China to assist the Chinese forces.

- China going communist and American culpability for that.

- The ability of China to act as an integrated power (audio quality is poor in this section due to a scratch on the accessioned disc)

- Civil war in China prior to World War II.

- The personality, political skills, and military skills of Chiang Kai-Shek

- The future of Shanghai.

The meeting ends with brief remarks from Mrs. Stilwell and one of General Stilwell's poems.

The Frank Dorn Papers, 1927-1976, are also available at the Hoover Institution Archives.