Evening star., 1950-01-08
Guerrilla Operations
Stepped Up in China,
Nationa|isis Report
By the kssociotsd Press

BY the Associated Press
HONG KONG, Jan. THE
Chinese Nationalists reported in
creasing air raids and guerrilla
operations today against the Com
munists on the mainland.
The Nationalist Defense Min
istry on Formosa announced its
guerrillas had captured four county
seat towns in the provinces of
Fukien, Kwangtung and Human,
all in south and southeast China,
recently overrun by the Reds.
It also said Gen. Hu Tsung-
mans remaining Nationalists were
fighting the Reds southeast and
southwest of Chengtu, Southwest
China city which was the last Ma
tionalist capital on the mainland.
Invasion Declared Thwarted.
Earlier the Nationalists claimed
they had used air power to smash
a second Red attempt to invade
Hainan Island, just off the south
coast. Their account said they
sank about 500 of a fleet of junks
that was moving slowly down the
Liuchow Peninsula and that the
remainder fed. There was no
way Of determining the accuracy
of the Nationalist figures or
whether the Reds had attempted
an actual invasion.
(The Communist radio in
Peiping said nothing of cur
rent operations, but declared
the Southwest China Campaign
was fundamentally concluded"
December 2.
(The broadcast, heard in San
Francisco by the Associated
Press. said Gen. Liu Po-cheng
announced conclusion of the
campaign at a rally in Chung
king January l. He was quoted
as saying the Nationalists have
only several thousand men"
left now in the Far Western
province Of Sikang and some
10000" in the Southwest pro-
vince Of Yunnan.
(The only remaining tasks,
he said, were to eradicate the
scattered enemy remnants" and
"liberate our compatriots in
Tibet.")
On the political side, the Ma
tionalist government closed its
Hong Kong Office as q result Of
British recognition Of the Red
regime.
Traffic Services Continue.
British shipping and air services
between Hong Kong and the Ma
tionalist capital on Formosa con-
tinued as usual. however. The
Nationalists stand to gain from
these services and are not expected
to interfere with them or with
travel to and from Hong Kong.
British Papers on All Sides
Approve Red Recognition
LONDON, Jan. 7 R.-The Brit
|ish press-Labor, Conservative
and Communist - generally ap-
proved today Britain's recognition
of the Communist regime in
China.
Contributing to the approval
was President Truman's statement
that the United States has no in
tention Of aiding Chinese Ma
tionalists in defending Formosa.
The British had been disturbed
by the prospect that the United
States might give military aid
to the Nationalists in F'ormosa
while Britain was doing business
with the Communists on the
mainland.
Differing policies carried that
far might have endangered Brit
ish-American partnership in the
Orient.
But Britain was still concerned
over how deeply the new Chinese
policy would affect such questions
as Communist China's member
ship in the Uaited Nations and
next years Marshall Plan aid
from the United States.
She had expected stern protests
against her action from some sec
tions Of the American Congress,
especially among Republicans.
Protests came but they were not
as sharp as had been expected.
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