'Nanking, Dec.' 20.
Declaring that the Mongol and Manchoukuo units are preparing for fa renewed Invasion of Suiyuan, juds~ ing by present indications, the Publicity Department of Central Party Headquarters has issued a call to the rank and file of the bandit-suppression forees fighting in Suiyuan not to allow the Sian rebellion to in-Fluenee them in their defence of national territory, but to be pre-Pared for the approach of the enemy. Fyou all know that on peace or menace at the front depends the existence or extinction of the nation, The Government and the people are continuing to give you every support from the rear. We hope that you will not be discouraged by the temporary predicament of our supreme leader. Instead. you should, because of this, redouble your efforts to preserve the national ter~ itary and bring the resistance against forelim aggression to a successful conclusion."—Kuo Min,
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