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Statement of The Central Committee of The Chinese Communist Party, February 1, 1947
The Political Consultative Conference, comprising all major political parties, groups
and prominent social figures, convened on January 10, 1946 in accordance with stipulations
of the summary of Kuomintang-Communist talks in Chungking on October 10, 1945, is
universally recognized by the people of the entire country and world powers as the highest
political body in China. Until China has a really democratic national parliament, all
important internal and diplomatic affairs which would be passed by a parliament in
democratic countries should pass through this Conference or obtain agreement of major
political parties and groups before they can be regarded as effective.Since January 10, 1946, however, Chinese Kuomintang government has not only enacted
many arbitrary domestic measures but has also many times singly Conducted diplomatic
negotiations of a serious nature with certain foreign governments. . . . These diplomatic
negotiations include loans from foreign governments, continuation of Lend-Lease, buying
and accepting of munitions and surplus war materials, forming of treaties regarding
special rights in commerce, navigation, aviation and other economic and legal special
rights.These negotiations and agreements request or permit foreign land, sea and naval forces
to be stationed in or operate on the seas, waterways, territories, and in the air of the
country, and to enter or occupy and jointly construct or make use of military bases and
points strategic to the national defense. They furthermore request or permit foreign
military and other personnel to participate in organization, training, transportation and
military operations of land, air and naval forces of the country, and to become conversant
with military and other state secrets of the country. They also permit such serious
matters as foreign intervention in internal affairs.Those measures of the Chinese Kuomintang government are completely contrary to the will
of the Chinese people and they have plunged and will continue to plunge China into civil
war, reaction, national disgrace, loss of national rights, colonization and crises of
chaos and collapse. In order to rescue the motherland from this calamity, to protect
national rights and interests and the dignity of the Political Consultative Conference,
the Chinese Communist Party solemnly states: this party will not either now nor in the
future recognize any foreign loans, any treaties which disgrace the country and strip away
its rights, and any of the above-mentioned agreements and understandings established by
the Kuomintang government after January 10, 1946, nor will it recognize any future
diplomatic negotiation of the same character which have not been passed by Political
Consultative Conference or which have not obtained agreement of this party and other
parties and groups participating in the Political Consultative Conference.
Source:from U.S. Relations with China with Special Reference to the Period 1944-1949,
Department of State Publication No. 3573 (Washington: G.P.O., 1949), pp. 719-720.
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