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The People's Republic of China is disappointed to hear of General MacArthur's assistance to the reactionary rump of the Kuomintang Clique. The Chinese people are unable to feel that MacArthur truly holds the best interests of the Chinese people at heart, as he wages armed aggression upon Chinese territory, and forces an unnatural split between the people of the Mainland and the people of Taiwan. 

I was present in Shanghai during 1927, where I had for several years done my proud work for the Chinese nation under the First United Front. It came to a terrible end when Chiang Kai-Shek ordered one of the most brutal crackdowns in Chinese history. Thousands of Communists were slaughtered without second thought, and thousands more innocents were viciously riddled with bullets for the crime of merely wearing red. I myself barely escaped with my life that night, and I struggled to come to terms with what had happened. A man whom I alongside all of China once looked up as to our saviour had betrayed us all, and vanquished the lives of many comrades, many friends, and many guiltless people.

To hear this highly autocratic massacre amongst the many other acts detailed by Chairman Mao to be dismissed entirely, and instead hear our Communist government become accused of warranting 'aggression' for rightfully declining peace from the untrustworthy figure who [i]began[/i] the civil war is disappointing. I agree it is also disappointing that the People's Republic of China must decline the peace offer - but it would be against the principles of democracy and the Three Principles of Sun Yat-Sen to accept such an offer, as Chiang Kai-Shek has unfortunately demonstrated ill-will to the people of China. 

The Chinese people do not wish to embroil in conflict with the United States of America, for we are a peace loving people. After two decades of civil war, it is our wish not to face yet more harrowing conflict but to rehabilitate and develop our industrial and agricultural production and cultural and educational work in a peaceful environment, free from threats. Our wish is to simply see that a [i]united[/i] China is able to fulfil such tasks for the people, rather than only the mainland. I recognise that the United States is an important player within the Pacific Region, and it is with this role in mind that China simply asks for the United States to recognise the democratic wishes of the Chinese people of both the Mainland and Taiwan, and to allow natural unification in line with the people's will to take place.

[centre]Zhou Enlai
[i]Premier and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China[/i][/centre]