Many of our workers have left their stations for other places further from the danger of surprise by the Communists, A number have [left the provines. And the rest of have been making preparations and forming plans for a quick escape in case of conger.
There is no credible evidence that the Kweichow troops ventured near enough for a fight with Hsiao Keh's force of invaders. No doubt they picked off stragglers, wounded, ete. Buy evidently they wanted ' them only to move on" and leave the province. In return the Communists seem to have behaved" themselves fairly decently. I do not hear of any serious depredations committed. Of course, they seized food and doubt money which they needed. But there are reports that the govjernmeng troops out in pursuit were far more oppressive to the people than the Communists.
So far as known the Hsiao Keh band joined up with the band under Ho Lung, who bad come in previously from Szechuan, and then went quietly over the border into the corner of Szechuan, Kweichow Captives Not
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