CHINESE WAR
NATIONALISTS LOSE AIR BASE KWANGNAN OCCUPIED BY COMMUNISTS Tho nvP GNG w?9 NG ’ December 27. th T- be . Ch i n ese Nationalists have lost Rnel r/ ast important mainland air eaft a £° Ut 30 mileS n ° rth - nSnnikF engtu- Kwangnan has been occupied by Communist forces Communist reports say' that Kwangnan fell after the defection of nearly seven divisions” of Nationalist troops under General Hu Tsung-rian. The reports add that the troops changed sides after “a three-day psychological offensive.” during which th? Communist units addressed the Nationalists through load-speakers poStYon ° Ut the hope * essnes s of .their It is reported that the Nationalists have assembled a fairly large fleet LiuchowPeninsula. 0 " the iSl . and from
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25998, 29 December 1949, Page 5
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118CHINESE WAR Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25998, 29 December 1949, Page 5
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