MONGOLS GO OVER TO CHINESE
(Rec. 9 p.m. CHUNGKING, Feb. 25. A communique states that a Mongolian army of 15,000 men, comprising two divisions of Japanese-equipped Mongol cavalrymen recently abandoned their Japanese command and joined the Chinese forces near Paotow. The defection followed the fatal poisoning of their commander, Pai Trang Hsiang, at a banquet given by Japan’s Gestapo.
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Southland Times, Issue 24680, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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