893.00/15152: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 21—4:40 p.m.]
1995. At his first press conference October 20 Liang Han-chao, newly appointed Minister of Information as successor to Chang Tao-fan, stated there will not be a civil war in China and that possibility of Kuomintang leading nation at war against Chinese Communists does not exist at all “since we are all engaged in the supreme task of defeating the enemy and winning the war.” He said attitude of Kuomintang toward Chinese Communists can be summed up by President Chiang’s message to CEC in September and that rumors of civil war has origin in oversensitiveness or ulterior designs of Chinese Communists to achieve certain political aims with hope of bringing about [Page 364] solidarity within their party. Liang expressed opinion that Chinese Communist attitude toward Kuomintang and Central Government has been moderated since PPC session in September.