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...Adventists' train came to a dead halt after the first few miles. Communist troops of General Chen Yi questioned them, bragged that the next train would not leave for two years. When Nationalist forces appeared, the Reds withdrew. The Warren party hired pushcarts and continued south. Behind them they heard the gunfire of new attacks, but twice each day they paused for prayer...
Just before Christmas, an army of 5,000 Pakistanis, led by 13 British officers, withdrew from Ramzak. Correspondent Douglas Brown of London's Daily Telegraph was there and sent a remarkable report to his paper . Excerpts...
...miners, wrapped a tricolor sash around his waist, and advanced on the pit heads. They were met by hundreds of Communists and hangers-on (only a few of them local people) who had armed themselves with clubs. After a short scuffle the Abbé Lorent's forces withdrew. "I wanted to avoid bloodshed," he said...
...When the strikers came into the front yard, I and some of my friends advanced to meet them. We had a short but quite violent fight. No shots were fired, but clubs were used on both sides. I had my blackjack. The Communists were repelled, and withdrew, leaving one badly beaten man on the ground. I picked him up, patched him up, gave him a drink, and sent him home...
...State Department urged us not to go, and stated that the Festival, originally a cultural meeting, was political and Communist-minded. At least 74 organizations withdrew more than 200 representatives. The result was an American delegation with communist sympathies...