PEACE-MAKING IN CHINA
GEN. MARSHALL'S ARRIVAL Rec. 12.30 p.m. SHANGHAI, Dec. 20, With the arrival of General G. C. Marshall, successor to General Hurley as United States Ambassador, Chinese Communists have asked the Government to agree to the immediate unconditional cessation of hostilities, according to Lv Ting Vi, of the Communist peace parley delegation. Lv said that Chou En-lai, the Red leader, would seek an opportunity to present the Communist case to General Marshall.
It was reported in Chungking that leaders of the Central Government and the Communists were ready to go the limit in peace-making concessions, to impress General Marshall. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is awaiting General Marshall in Nanking, and it is expected that both will fly to Chungking this week for conferences.
The United States State Department has directed the War Department to obtain approval from General Marshall before giving any further assistance to the forces of the northward-moving Chinese Central Government. The Department explained that the" move was intended to strengthen General Marshall's hand in his mission of Chinese unification.
According to Press reports from Chungking, the Communists have lifted the long siege of Paotow and Kweisui, giving Government troops control of the Peiping-Suiyuan railway.
RUSSIAN CRITICISM
PRESENCE OF U.S. TROOPS
MOSCOW, December 20,
"Pravda" deals bluntly with the presence of large American forces in China, which is seen as inconsistent with respect for Chinese sovereignty and the principle of non-intervention. The paper also criticises President Truman's explanation of American policy in China, saying that the task of disarming the Japanese does not require the presence of American tanks, aeroplanes, and warships, nor is American intervention needed in the area of China where local Chinese forces have proved themselves capable of dealing alone with the task of disarming the defeated enemy. The paper draws the significant conclusion that the presence of a foreign army in north China justifies the Soviet Union in maintaining troops in Manchuria for a certain period, especially as Manchuria has been so long in Japanese occupation and lies on the Soviet borders,
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 149, 21 December 1945, Page 7
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