Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270
Memorandum by Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr., to General Chou En-lai
Dear General Chou: I have been informed that the English language Communist New China News Agency released in Peiping on 3 April an article stating that, “in every settlement discussed in the three man committee, the Government representative and the American representative confirmed that Nationalist troops which would enter the northeast would not be over the number of 5 armies.” I wish to deny the statement issued by this Communist news organ in so far as the statement pertains to commitments made by the American representative on the Committee of Three. I have never made such a statement and I can speak for General Marshall to the same effect.
In this connection may I recall your letter of 31 March and my answer dated 1 April 1946.