Tokyo, Dec. 27.
Japanese army fronts in China extend over a distance of 3400 kilometres, surrounding an estimated area of 1,505,700 square kilometre: amounting roughly to 47 per cent. of the territory still under Nationalist control the Army Section of the Imperial General Headquarters announced here today on the basis of figures obtained at the end of November.
The native population of the area thus occupied, totals 170,000,000, representing 68 per cent of the people still under the Chungking regime, the communique said. Complete occupation of Chahar, Suiyuan, Hopei, Shantung. Shansi. Kiangsu. and Anhwei provinces was claimed. The "larger part" of Honan and parts of Chekiang. Kiangsi, and Kwangtung provinces were also stated to be under Japanese control.
From the end of November, 1937, to November, 1938, Japanese killed in action numbered 47,153, while Chinese dead were estimated at 2,000,000. Of the latter, a total of 823,300 were abandoned by the Chinese, the announcement said.
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