Missionaries Leave West China
Received Tuesday 1 a.m. RANGOON, June 6. Sixteen British missionaries with 11 children, passed through Rangoon to day ou their way to Britain. They had been advised to leave the West China provinee of Yunnan beeause of widespread lawlessness by the Communis " People 's Ally." The leader of the party said foreigners were liable to have their property confiscated but otherwise they were not .harmed. There were chaotic eonditions in Yunnan where two-thirds of the major cities were in hostile hands. _ _
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 June 1949, Page 2
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