893.00/9–1946: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 20—7:30 a.m.]
1502. In a press conference September 17 Communist spokesman Wang Ping-nan in Nanking stated that unless Govt complies with Communist request for resumption of Committee of Three conversations there will be no reason for conversations and hence no necessity for General Chou En-lai to return to Nanking from Shanghai.
Wang denied Communists were receiving any Soviet aid or would accept it at any time in the future. He stated Communist prerequisite now is cease fire agreement, that Govt cannot win due to lack of Kuomintang army morale and economic conditions and that Govt is now determined to force a military solution if possible.