893.00/7–247: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 2—11:05 a.m.]
1442. On June 30 Kuomintang’s Central Executive Committee and its standing committee held an extraordinary and previously unannounced session to discuss general party policy. It has been reported to the Embassy that the meeting discussed a wide variety of subjects mostly on general terms but at no time was there any reference to the US.
Having labored for 5 hours, the meeting brought forth 3 resolutions: (1) to continue and expand the “punitive action against the Communists”, (2) draw up and put into effect plans for rapidly turning over leadership of the party to the Youth Corps, and (3) set in motion preparations for holding elections this fall. The most interesting resolution is the second one since the Youth Corps is largely dominated by the CC clique.