ARMED CLASHES REPORTED IN MANCHURIA
^ Received Thursday, 9.15 p.m. PEIPING, April 4. Reports of armed clashes at Changchun- and Communisl advances thereon from the south reached Peiping yesterday as Communist and Government factions wrangled at Chungking over the Government 's right to send troops into Manchuria. A Chinese Central News Agency despatch from Chang- 1 chun said the Communist forces had reached five miles from the railway Sta-~> tion post, occupying Tatun and Meng- j kiatun, v/hile National troops advanc- 1 ing northwards along the MukdenChangchun railway, clashed with 25,000 Communists armed with Japanese weapons. A further Changchun report stated that the Government Peace Preservation Corps at Changchun airfield on Tuesday night fought 300 uniden'tiiied troops who set fire to barracks former-j ly occupied hy the Russians. Red Army tanks ranged the city streets as the , firing continued and the Soviet garri- j son sent out patrois. The fighting i ceased shortly hefore dawh.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 April 1946, Page 5
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