English Translation

G E O P R E S S No. 281 (40/20) April 1940 WIE ZENTR. LEGATIONS IN CHINA. Following the establishment of a Chinese national government in Nanking on 2O March 1940, there are now two governments in China, both of which claim to be the central government of the Chinese Republic. The power of the governments is the following: 1.) Under the government of the marshal Chiang-Kai-Shek in Tschungking: 6,029,000 sq.km. area with about 250 million inhabitants In addition, there is the neighbouring country Tibet (905,000 sq. km with about 800,000 inhabitants). 2.) Under the administration of Wang-Tsching-Wei in Nanking: 1.336.000 sq km of land with almost 180 million inhabitants, the northern China, which is administered by an autonomous committee, accounts for 408.O00 qkm of land, with 77 million inhabitants and the also autonomous Inner Mongolia (Mengchiang) 483,000 sqkm of area with 4 million inhabitants. Signs: l= territory of the government of Chungking. 2= neighbouring country Tibet. 3= area of the administration of Nanking. (GEOPRESS.)