Evening star., 1951-09-07
By John A. Giles

Two Chinese Nationalist officers,
who have been ordered home and
who now fear for their lives, waited
today for further moves by the
Chang government to force their
return.
Until DR.. v. K wellington Koo,
Chinese Ambassador. moves toI
send them back to Formosa no
legal action to give them political
asylum in this country will be
taken.
The Chinese Embassy merely
stated that the two officers. who
reported a three-year fight against
graft in the Nationalist regime
brought about their dismissal by
GeneralisSimo Chang Kai-shek,
had been suspended and have
been ordered back to China"
But spokesman fatty refused
to say what moves, if any. Ambas-
Sador Koo had taken, or contem-
plated, to see that 1t. Gen. P. T..
Now and Col. Hsiang Wei-hsian
caught an early boat to China.
Not Advised of Change.
At the State Department, off,
cials said they had seen no COM
munication from Ambassador Koo
advising that there had been a
change in the two officers status
and requesting their deportation.
While original reports in the
bizarre story of intrigue and
counter intrigue stated that Gen.
Yu Ta-Wei had been sent here
as successor to Gen. Now as head
of the Chinese Air Force purchas-
ing mission, the spokesman today
said that Gen. Yu had come to
Washington to handle all of the
Nationalist governments military
purchasing-Army, Navy and Air
Force.
Three days after the Chang
government announced the firing
of the two officers on August 81,
Gen. Yu turned up in Washington
and was guest of honor at an
Embassy dinner given by AmbaS-
sador Koo.
Were Fearful for Lives.
Friends say that the two off,
GERS were then informed that Gen.
Yu was Gen. Mow's successor as
head Of the air mission. They
add that he and the colonel were
so fearful for their lives that they
were guarded by heavily armed
gunmen and that the latter car
ried a 80 caliber pistol in his
pocket.
Gen. Now, who has been deputy
commanding general of the Chi
nese Air Force, also has been al
delegate to the United Nations
Military Staff Committee. He is
a distant relative of Gen. Chang.
Col. HSiang has been his executive
officer, and as such has been more
directly in charge of the missiont
Office.
The August 81 Chang mandate
accused Gen. Now of "dereliction
of duties and disobedience of orr
ders," and a government spokes-
man at Taipeh told the Associated
Press that the genreal had failed
to account for SIG, ,440, 900 of funds
to buy air force equipment and
to train its personnel.
Figure Is CHALLENGED.
But Oscar Cox, attorney for
Gen. Nov, told reporter today /
that the mission never had any
such large sums and that the most I
it ever had was substantially I
less" than the Taipeh figure.
Meanwhile, Kenneth N. Park
inson, who has been Washington
attorney for the Chinese All
Force for four years, stated that
the funds under discussion were
Chinese and not any monies
turned over to the Chang gov
ernment by the American gov
eminent.
Friends of Gen. Now and Col.
Hsiang expressed amazement that
they were suspended and said
they had been "scrupulously hon.
est and loyal to their govern
ment."
They said that Gen. Chang
could not have been advised cor
rectly and expressed the hope
that he would reconsider the &C
ton. Both are violently anti
Communist, they said.
A Chinese source said Gen. Now
had twice sent memoranda to
Madame Chang Kan-shek pro-
testing against gasoline purchases