Won over by the reorganized Anhwei provincial Government, Tu Shao-ling, leader of Chinese guerrillas operating in Wuwei district, North Anhwei, surrendered recently to the Japanese Army's Special Service Section at Wuhu, according to a Chinese report from Nanking yesterday. Tu was later appointed chairman of the Wuwei Autonomous Committee.
Interviewed by newsmen during a visit to Nanking, the report continued. Tu said he was favourably impressed by the new regime's policies.
Tu already has succeeded in persuading one of the two other guerrilla bands in the Wuwei area to surrender since his assumption of duty as chairman of the Wuwei Autonomous Committee. This band of guerrillas had several hundred men with more than 200 rifles. Its leader. Fong Tse-ping, recently surrendered to Tu and to show his sincerity sent family to Wuhu as pledge. Efforts were being continued by Tu to win over the other band of guerrillas under one Hu Chu-nun, the report added.
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