Office of the Historian

893.00/12–946: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, December 9, 1946.
[Received December 10—12:30 a.m.]

2071. On December 7, Nanking Communist spokesman made statement to press that Communist Party will fight on the political front and, if necessary, on the battle fields for a coalition government but has no intention of overthrowing the present Government of China either by political or military means nor would they ever attack Nanking, even if they succeeded in closing in on it.

Stuart