Word: truce
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...found a nation of 450 million war-sick people on the verge of civil war; he had left it not at peace, but in truce and hope. For his part in that rescue the Chinese could-and warmly did-thank him. The U.S. and the world could thank George Marshall for an even more important service. For the first time in a major postwar issue, the power, prestige and principles of U.S. democracy had been brought to bear in constructive, positive fashion...
...immediate problem was how to help China's dissident factions translate general agreement into specific cooperation. Marshall struck straight for the specifics-a truce in China's civil war and a plan to fuse China's rival armies...
...ugliest wound that would have to heal before the pattern of Chinese unity could be complete. To heal other sore spots in Shansi, Honan and Hupeh provinces, tireless U.S. Peacemaker George Marshall toured North China, working in the difficult lower political levels to win practical realization of the military truce he and China's top leaders had arranged. Amid his stops was isolated Yenan, capital of Chinese Communism. There he remained overnight, caught cold watching an elaborate performance of drum dancers and folk singers in an icy auditorium, had a long talk with No. 1 Communist Mao Tse-tung...
...January 10 the 38 delegates to the P.C.C., an advisory body representing every shade of the nation's political color chart, had begun their task with cautious hope. Two notable events-a truce in the civil war, a bill of rights proclaimed by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek-augured well for their discussions. They debated with dignity and restraint, then sent their main problems to subcommittees for final recommendation. U.S. newsmen reported that the democratic process was genuinely in operation...
...knotty details of combining military forces were in the hands of Communist General Chou En-lai and Government Generals Chang Chun and Chang Chih-chung. Last week they called again for counsel on U.S. Special Envoy George C. Marshall, whose astute mediation had played a key part in the truce agreement...