Evening star., 1945-11-10
j. 5. Won Help
Chang 10 Land
InManchuria
All Yonks Seen Out
Of China by Spring;
Heavy Fight Roees
BY the Associated Press.

CHUNGKING, Nov. 10.-Lt.
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, COM
mander of American forces in
China, predicted today that all
United States forces in China
would be out of the country by
early spring and asserted fatty
that the United States would not
help China move troops into
Manchuria.
His statement was made as heavy
fighting between Chinese Commu-
nists and Central government troops
broke out along the Great Wall,
north of Chinwangtao, last night,
bringing artillery and heavy mortars
into play for the first time in the
Chinese civil war.
Gen. Wedemeyer emphatically de-
clared at a press conference that
American forces and resources were
mot being employed to assist the
central government against dissi-
dent groups"
20 United States Planes Bought.
Difficulties in debarkation of Chi
nese nationalist troops in Soviet
secured Manchuria, he added, are
matters between the Chinese and
Soviet governments. And, he added,
I'VE won't be able to move Chinese
troops to Manchuria by air. The
Chinese themselves can do that"
The Chinese, he explained, have
already obtained 20 American trans
port planes and want to buy so
more. Asked how many surplus
American planes were available in
the theater for purchase by the
Chinese, Gen. Wedemeyer said he
did not know, that an Arny-Navy
liquidation board is disposing of
surplus goods in China, save for
medical supplies bought by the
United Nations Relief and Rehabil-
itation Administration
Other sources had estimated the
supply of surplus planes in the
theater as low as 1000.
Will Aid Jap Repatriation.
The American commander en-
phasized, however, that the United
States would continue to assist in
the repatriation of japanese from
the Chinese theater but that Amer
ican forces would remain non
partisan" as far as the strife be-
tween the central government and
the Communists is concerned.
about isolated clashes between my
men and dissident groups" but as
serted that IN no instance had the
&, Americans taken the initiative
| The general said American Ma
rines would not land at other areas
| in China nor move to any other
points within the country from
their present stations at Peiping.
Tientsin, Tangku, near Tientsin;
Chinwangtao and Tsingtao.
He asserted they will help KEEP
open communications between Tent-
sin and Chinwangtao, port for the
shipment of coal to Shanghai from
the Kailan mines northeast Of
! Tientsin.
The Chinese Communists have
said that they would oppose the
entry of Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek's troops into Manchuria.
New Clashes Along Railroad.
/ On the combat side of the civil
war new clashes were reported along
the main railroad to Peiping rail-
road south of ChinWangtao.
American Marines reported the
booming of the heavy weapons could
be heard throughout the night from
the direction of Shanhaikwan, for
tress city which is the eastern an
chor of the Great Wall, and key
gateway into Manchuria.
! Large forces of Nationalist troops,
landed from American transports at
Chinwangtao, have been deployed
for days before Shanhaikwan,
where Communists of the 9th Army
are in control and strongly en-
trenched.
The new clashes along the Chin
wangtao- -Peiping rail line were
south of Peitaiho junction, where
the Nationalist have established an
aid station to handle the wounded
being brought in. 1t was reported
that the Communists had ambushed
a Nationalist platoon and annihilat-
ed it, but there was no definite con-
flrmation by American sources.
The presence of Americans pre-
vented the Communists from carry
ing out an intended attack on the
village of Shih-Lung, which is also
on the railroad.
The Communists had advised the
Marines of the intended attack and
asked them to pull back out of dan
ger during the fight.
The Marines. assigned to guard
duties at double-trestle bridge at
the village, refused to leave their
posts. The Communists failed to
carry out the attack, which was
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