CHINESE COMMUNISTS

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1946, Page 5

CHINESE COMMUNISTS

LONDON, August 23. The Communists have established, an independent administration in. Harbin for that part of Manchuria Which they hold'. “The Yenan radio described the', new Government as a provisional; supreme administration for demo--cratic Manchuria, composed of 86 elected delegates from all sections 1 and aspiring to ‘a peaceful and*, prosperous Manchuria by uniting.; all,’ ” says the Associated Press; correspondent in Nanking. There is no report that it is operating directly' under Yenan, which is the Communist capital, but its avowed goals are similar to those of the Yenan Government. The Chinese Government has con--firmed that it sent a memorandum to. the Communists threatening to; attack the Communist strongholds of* Yenan, Kalgan, and Chengteh to re-, lieve the Government troops who are defending besieged Tatung, which is* a coal and rail centre 125 miles west of Peking. ’ The Yenan radio, reporting the Government threat, said that such., attacks would mean the start of a; full-scale civil war.