CHINESE OFFER OLIVE BRANCH WITH WARNING
SHANGHAI, May 8. Tha acting President, General Li Tsung-Jen, today offered the semblance of an olive branch to the Communists. In a public statement, generally conciliatory in tone, he said it was still not too late to end the civil war. The statement, however, concluded: "But if the Reds persist in advancing southward, I must lead the Government in stubborn resistance.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22942, 10 May 1949, Page 5
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67CHINESE OFFER OLIVE BRANCH WITH WARNING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22942, 10 May 1949, Page 5
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