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    "ocrText": "C o P Y\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\nINCOMING TELEGRAM\nCONT IDENTIAL\nFROM: Tientsin\nTO:\nSecretary of State\nNO:\n327, November 9, 3 p.m.\nKailan Mining Administration at Tangshan repor ts General Lin\nof 62nd army and General Hou of 92nd army passed through\nTangshan yesterday and moving their troops by rail from\nTangku to Luan Hsien and eastward. Troops probably those\nmentioned re telegram who continued on by boat from\nChinwangtao. Kailan Mining dministration also reports\nTaiwan troops previously at Tangshan have moved Peiping area.\nIn view fact 62nd armies being brought back to Tangshan-Huan\nHsien area, leaving only mostly collection defeatist troops\nat Chinwangtao, it is possible Fu Tso-Yi will make no serious\neffort to hold Chinwangtao but will try to hold Kailan mines\nwhich necessary ke ep Tientsin utilities going especially\nwater works.\nChinese press reports four columns Communist troops under\nLin Piao who crossed Great Wall north of Shanhai Kuan moving\nthrough Funing towards Feng Jen 15 miles north Tangshan.\nSome Chinese here believe Communists offensive aimed at\nKailan Mining Administratior mines but seems also possible\nCommunists may sweep around government troops to cut rails\nbetween Tientsin and sea, and/or cut railway between Tientsin\nand Peiping.\nChinese here no longer say \"if\" Communists arrive, but \"when\".\nAs stated previous telegram November 2, there is universal\ndesire for peace. Generalissimo's speech yesterday Nanking\nexpressing \"inflexible determination of government to fight\non evoked comment \"he should get out and let us have peace\"\nAs stated\nDECLASSIFIED\nNATIONAL\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(B) and 5(D) or (E)\nARCHIVE\nDepr. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973\nBy HC ? NARS Date 2-20-6 CONI IDENT IAL"
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