893.00/14890
The Ambassador in China ( Gauss ) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 15.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Embassy’s despatch no. 573 of August 13, 1942, concerning the statement of the Communist Party on the Fifth Anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War and to enclose for the Department’s information a translation of an editorial38 from the Esin Hua Jih Pao (Communist Party publication) of August 24, 1942, entitled “The Chinese Communist Party Keeps Its Promises”.
The editorial refers to the above-mentioned statement and repeats its adherence to the four principles enunciated by the Party at the beginning of the war: (1) realization of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s San Min Chu I, (2) cessation of attempts to overthrow the Kuomintang and suspension of the land confiscation policy, (3) abolition of the Party’s Soviet Government and substitution of democracy in government and, (4) incorporation of the Red Army into the National Government’s Army for service against the Japanese, The Party issues an open statement in order to discredit the existing rumors inimical to it and to its relations with the Kuomintang: (1) The Party expresses genuine [Page 241] willingness to fight for the realization of the San Min Chu I since these principles represent the real need of China today; (2) recognizing the life and death aspect of the war against Japan, the Party genuinely assumes the responsibility of service at the front; (3) since both in war and in peace close cooperation among all classes is essential, the Party is genuinely desirous of the cessation of civil strife; and (4) the Party’s appeal for democratic government is genuine since it believes that democracy is both the aim of the people and the chief means of achieving unity and the mobilization of the people for war and for reconstruction.
Respectfully yours,
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