COUNTER CLAIMS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 201, 25 August 1945, Page 5

COUNTER CLAIMS

OPERATIONS IN CHINA

Communists And Chinese Forces In Suiyuan

Rec. 1 p.m. CHUNGKING, Aug. 24

Communist and National forces each claim to have captured Kweisui, the capital of Suiyuan, reports the Associated Press correspondent. A Communist communique yesterday said that forces entered Kweisui last Saturday and are now forcing puppet Mongolian troops to surrender. The Chinese High Command reported to-day that General Fu Tso-yi, took Kweisui last Monday. The High Command did not state whether the town was captured from Japanese or Communists. The Communist communique reported that their forces had cut the Peiping-Tientsin railway, Hopeh Province, occupying an important Yangtsun station. The Communists also claimed to have cut the TatungPuchow railway and captured more than 30 Japanese strongpoints in Shansi. They also hroke into the former treaty port of Chefoo and advanced towards the centre of the city against stiff resistance.

Communists also claimed that they recovered the highway town of Fushan, south-west of Chefoo, and Lungkow, a port 60 miles west of Chefoo, and are now clearing Japanese from the Tsingtao-Tsinan railway. • Other troops north of the Yellow River captured many important points around Anyang. Communist troops also captured Changhing, 50 miles north of Hangchow. and seven points 75 miles north-west of Shanghai.

According to a Domei news agency broadcast, 50,000 Communists are advancing towards Tsinan.

The Chungking appointed Governor of Shantung is attempting to occupy Tsinan from the east with 5000 troops.