Peiping, Feb. 15.
Preparations for the third evacuation of American residents in North China were underway followi g meeting of the American communities in Peiping and Tie.tsin on February 13.
The meeting was held as a sequel to the renewed State Department ad-Vice tó leave the Far East. United States citizens at prese.t residing in North China are estimated at 1,200 of which 470 are at Peiping, 300 at Tientsin, and 200 at Tsingtao.
The State Department cou. selled the withdrawal of dependents, as well as non-essential male Americans.
—Domei.
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