893.00/9–1746: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 16—11 p.m.]
1491. Shanghai press reports September 14 Yenan broadcast attacking General Marshall on grounds that he “did not oppose the aggravation of China’s civil war” and greatest worry now is his inability to cover up American policy creating and aggravating civil war which has resulted in failure of American mediation.
Broadcast went on to say that General Marshall’s prestige has now reached its lowest ebb and “the only problem that remains now is whether the United States, which insists on helping Chiang Kai-shek, is willing to end the civil war that it created”. Broadcast continues that General Marshall seeing untenability of situation has sidestepped cease fire discussions and reconvocation of PCC which had support of everybody except Generalissimo and “promoted five-man committee as window dressing for Washington”.