Nationalists Prepare To Evacuate Canton
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KiM-eivcd Thursilay, 10.35 p.m. i HO.Nti XOXCt, .Tuly 28. t The Xn1ininili>t ernment is preparing fnr the e\ ;>■ imt ifin of Canton, n-fording t i ("iiii.e-e reports reaching llong Kong. The usuallv reliable Walilviuy.-ttpao snid today that Cabinet hnd alieaiiy =i ••'■•r*'d ib'partmeiits to linnil to a spm-itti i-oinniitten important doi'ninents and other publie propertv •J'lT despateh to ('luingking, Taiwan and Ifaiiisiu Isiaud. The paper added that Pnnilies of„(i'>vernment employees were nls.i prepa t" evaeuate. I The British 'o:i-uI-(leneral in Canboi, .Mr. ( r. 1'h Tyrrell, today urged British subj".*ts to evaeuate South (hina as re"ent experience in other parts of the eonntry had shown that. lonsular o fli.ee-' Im.d not been able to i-;mv out ditties in Oommunist areas. The warning overed British nationals li\ iny in the interior or in large urban eentres in Canton.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1949, Page 5
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145Nationalists Prepare To Evacuate Canton Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1949, Page 5
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