893.001 Chiang Kai-shek/1–549: Telegram

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

26. North Shensi radio Chinese voicecast last night featured very strongly worded New China News Agency editorial which rejected New Year’s Day “peace plot” by “China’s No. 1 war criminal Chiang Kai-shek”, on grounds that the Kmt reactionaries and “American imperialists” are only maneuvering to obtain respite for purpose of reconstructing their armed forces for further “imperialist aggression” against CCP. This news has not yet been broadcast.

Sent Department 26, repeated Shanghai 16.

Stuart