893.00/5–1945: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Hurley) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 19—1:35 p.m.]
801. Following is Central News Agency English service version of resolution on Chinese Communist problem passed May 17 session of Sixth Kuomintang Congress:
“After careful consideration of the report on the Chinese Communists’ problem submitted by the Central Executive Committee, the Congress endorsed the policy of the Committee to seek a political solution of the problem. With the responsibility of guiding the nation during these arduous years on their shoulders, the Kuomintang has consistently been striving for China’s freedom and equality [by?] means of national unity and through a successful prosecution of the war.
In September 1937, the Chinese Communist Party announced its four pledges to support the National Government and to obey Government orders.50 Despite these pledges, the Chinese Communist Party has persisted in armed insubordination and refusal to carry out the military and administrative orders of the National Government. However, our party, as is generally known at home and abroad, has [Page 387] maintained a policy of forbearance and spared no efforts to preserve unity.
With the convening of the National Assembly in sight, the long cherished wish of our party to return the reins of power to the people and to establish a constitutional government will be fulfilled in the not distant future. In order to consolidate national unity and insure victory against Japan, our party must carry out the policy of seeking a political solution of the Chinese Communist problem with renewed vigor. We hope the Chinese Communists are equally aware of the fact that the founding of the republic was not an easy task and that the war against Japan has yet to be won. We hope that the Chinese Communists will not fail to appreciate the difficulties still confronting the nation, but will make good their pledges of September 1937. We hold that at [the?] settlement of all questions can be reached through discussions as long as they do not adversely affect the progress of our war against aggression or endanger the state. An amicable settlement will be to the interest of the nation. We urge all of our comrades to give their support to this policy.”
- See telegram of September 24, 1937, 4 p.m., from the Consul General at Hankow, Foreign Relations, 1937, vol. iii, p. 548.↩