Into Tibet by Thomas Laird

Author:Thomas Laird
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Published: 2011-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

THE U.S. EMBASSY

NEW DELHI, INDIA

MAY 2, 1950

The Indian clerk clipped the item from the paper without much notice. The American supervisor added only one note before he sent it off to the State Department in Washington: “Press item said to be from Peiping Radio Broadcast.”

PEKING CLAIMS 5,000 CASUALTIES IN SINKIANG

HONG KONG, MAY 2—Peking Communist radio reported last night that 5,000 “bandits” under American direction had been killed, wounded or captured by Communist units in Sinkiang province. The “bandit” leaders were described as “chiefs of Kuomintang remnants” directed by “American imperialist agent Douglas S. Mackiernan.” The radio said they led 7,000 men to Chensi County, north of Sinkiang, to undertake robbery and sabotage following the Communist occupation of Sinkiang. Mr. Mackiernan was formerly U.S. vice-consul at Sinkiang.

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