PEACEMAKING IN CHINA
GEN. MARSHALL’S ARRIVAL 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 Lu Ting Yi of the Communist peace parley, delegation. Lu 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 Stab? Department has directed the War Department, to obtain approval from General Marshall before .giving any further assistance to the forces of the north-ward-movinr 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 Kvveisui, giving Government troops control of the Peiping-Suiyuan railway.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 302, 22 December 1945, Page 5
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