Chungking, Mar. 4.
There are at present about 500,000 Chinese "puppet" troops operating under Japanese command in China, but during the past year 150,000 of these troops mutinied and "joined loyal Chinese forces, it is stated here.
Chinese "puppet" troops in North China are under General Chih Hsieh-yuan, in Central China under Mr. Jen Yuan-tao; and in South China under Mr. Wang Ching-wei, it is stated.
The North China "puppet" troops are known as the "Anti-Communist Army," in Central China as "the Pacification Army" and in South China as "the Peace and National Salvation Army."—Reuter.
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