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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Second Secretary of Embassy in China (Rice), Temporarily in the United States
| Participants: | Dr. Shuhsi Hsü of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Paul Chu of China Defense Supplies and | |
| Mr. Edward E. Rice |
Mr. Rice was introduced to Dr. Hsü at a small social function during the course of which there occurred the conversation outlined below.
Dr. Hsü stated that he had been given his post of Chief of the Russian Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because he has long been an advocate of close Sino-Soviet relations. However, he voiced the opinion that the communists in China follow the party line determined in Russia, that the existence in China of an administration not controlled by the Central Government should not be tolerated and that for this reason the communist administration in the northwest must and will be liquidated, whatever the good qualities of the administration or its leaders. Mr. Rice asked him how that would be accomplished. He replied that it would be most sensible to accomplish this through negotiation and agreement, although he was not overly sanguine that both sides would show sufficient wisdom. He said that the alternative is military liquidation of the communists, that this should prove comparatively easy and that while he anticipated no decisive action during the current war he did expect the matter to be settled shortly after the termination of Sino-Japanese hostilities.