893.00/6–1247: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 12—6:45 a.m.]
1285. At the regular weekly press conference at the Ministry of Information on June 11, the Director of the Chinese Government Information Office answered the following question in regard to the PPC peace plan:
Query: “What is the attitude of the Chinese Government regarding the peace plan drafted by the PPC?”
Answer: “The Government has never closed the door to peace negotiations and welcomes any practical plan. Unfortunately, the peace plan of the PPC has been rudely rejected by the Communists through their official news agency. On June 5 the Communist North China News Agency broadcast charged the whole body of the PPC as a group of reactionaries wholeheartedly supporting civil war. Among other things it said that all appeals for peace by the PPC were false.”