BLACKEST WEEK OF WAR
Communist Gains in China NANKING, March 16. Closely following official Chinese Government communiques reporting the evacuation of Kirin and Omu (a rail centre east of Kirin), the loss of the very important railhead centre of Szepingkai, and the imminent fall of Loyang (in Honan Province) —easily the blackest week for the Governr ment since the beginning of the civil war —Marshal Chiang Kaishek to-day personally ordered the convening of a political and military conference in Nanking, on Saturday. All army commanders and civil governors of the Central China provinces will attend.
The primary objective of the conference is reported to be “the securing of the Government positions in the Central China Plains between the Yellow and Yangtse rivers.” The discussions will centre upon the organisation and training of local defence forces, conscription, co-ordination of transport systems and the control of commodities, and pacification of the areas. Meanwhile, strong Communist forces are reported to be encircling Tsinan, the provincial capital of Shantung.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 134, 18 March 1948, Page 5
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