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Show i PRELUDE TO WAR? MONGOLIA lCHAMAt ,MANCHUR1A y'S- :S t w ",u M0 TSSSS X0MM CHINA jsggg NEW YORK SOUNDPHOTO Shantung province seaport of Tsingtao took a place in the forefront fore-front in underclared civil war in China when thousands of Generalissimo Gen-eralissimo Chiang's troops were landed from American transports. trans-ports. Occupied since October 11 by U. S. Marines, the possibility of involvement in clashes has been heightened by the fact that Chinese Communist forces ring the port by land. Whether the Marines will be pulled out of area ar-ea dominated largely by Communist Com-munist troops remains to be seen as other landings were reported at Chinwangtao, 2, while the Communists are besieging Pao-tow, Pao-tow, 3, and next on their list is government stronghhold of Tai-yuan, Tai-yuan, 4, in neighboring Shansi province. |