Evening star., 1945-08-27
Flying
To Yenan toGet
Mao for Farley
Will Go to Chunekine
With Communist
Leader Tomorrow
By the Associated Press,

0y Inc AsSOClhteQ fIeSS.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 27.-Mai.
Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, United
States Ambassador to China,
left by plane today for Yenan
to accompany Mao Tse-tung
and other Communist leaders
back to Chungking for con-
ferences with Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek.
Chang had invited Mao to meet
with him in an attempt to reach
peaceful settlement of differences
between the National government
and the North China Communists
which have been threatening to
plunge the nation into civil war.
Before departing, Gen. Hurley
issued statement saying he was
going to Yenan with the consent
and full approval of the generals
simo and an invitation of Mao Tse-
tung, chairman of the Communist
party of China"
Il shall accompany Mao and his
party to Chungking, where they will
enter into direct negotiations with
the generalissimo and the National
government" Gen, Hurley added.
viii Fly Back Tomorrow.
II am happy to be returning to
Yenan. We have worked continu-
ally for more than a year to help
the national government remove the
possibility of civil war in China.
I'm this controversy there have
been SO many conflicting elements
that it is source of qualification to
us that we have been able to main
tain the respect and confidence of
the leaders of both parties"
Gen. Hurley and the Communist
leaders were expected to fly back to
Chungking tomorrow.
Soon after coming to China a
year ago as President Roosevelt's
special representative, Gen. Hur-
ley initiated discussions between
the National Government and the
Communists looking toward for
nation of q coalition government
and unification of China's armed
forces, authoritative sources said.
He went to Yenan on November
Z 1874. spent three days talking
with Communists leaders and re-
turned to Chungking with their
proposals. His efforts at that time
however. failed 10 bear fruit.
Masking and Canton Occupied.
:. Meanwhile, the two great jap
Jsese-held metropolitan centers of
9anking and Canton were reported
in Chinese hands as Chinese gov
ernment and military officials pre-
pared to complete Japan's formal
surrender in China.
A Chinese Army correspondent
said Chinese troops on Saturday first
entered Nanking, former seat of
Generalissimo Chiang's government
and planned site of the surrender
signing. and found most buildings
there ia good condition.
This writer said there was some
disorder at first but occupation
troops soon returned the situation
to normal. All puppet organizations
were dissolved, he reported, and two
pro-nationalist newspapers started
publication.
The 159 Chinese officials who had
been waiting here for the liberation
of Marking to start surrended pro-
ceedings were said to have left by
plane for Nanking. Formal sur
rended ceremonies are scheduled to
take place in the prewar Chinese
capital on September 3.
The Chinese high command an
nounced yesterday that eight more
key towns had been taken over from
the japanese. including the former
American air base town of Laoho-
kow in northern Hopeh Province
and Wuyang, Siangcheng and Lik-
wanchiao in southern Honan Prov
ince. Loho on the Peiping- -Hankow
railroad and Hwahsien in north
Honan also have been reoccupied.
Chinese troops, poised to enter
northern Indo-China to accept the
regional surrender of Japanese
forces there, will set up a military
government for an undetermined
period, the newspaper Ia Kung Pao
said yesterday.