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Deep in Communist territory to the north, 24,000 Nationalist troops held out in the ancient fortress town of Tatung (now an important rail junction) against a month-long siege by 80,000 Communists. In Jehol, Communists said that Chiang Kai-shek was massing for a drive against Chengteh...
...days things went with unexpected smoothness. Then, suddenly, the road got bumpy. General Chang insisted that the Government must occupy Communist-claimed Jehol and Chahar provinces, on the flank of the overland route between North China and Manchuria. General Chou sharply dissented. Plainly upset, he stalked out. "Regrettable!" he muttered...
Late that evening, General Marshall called on Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. For two hours they conferred. The Generalissimo's decision: the Government was strong enough to yield on the issue of Jehol and Chahar...
...Communist-claimed Jehol Province, which flanks the overland route between North China and Manchuria, Government troops were on the march-despite Communist protests. (Jehol, like Manchuria, appeared to be only thinly occupied by Communists...
...Chinese Communist Eighth Route Army, Kalgan has become the Communist metropolis (130,000 population), outranking Yenan in size and wealth. It has a cigaret factory, machine shops, a power plant, an iron smelter, railway facilities. It is military headquarters for all Communist operations in Shansi, Hopeh, Chahar and Jehol Provinces and in Manchuria...