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...Japanese prepared to lay down their arms in China, Yenan crackled with defiance. Communist Commander in Chief Chu Teh roughly rejected the nominal authority of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. To Chungking he wired: your order not to take independent action in accepting Japanese surrender (TIME, Aug. 20) "does not conform to the national interest. . . . You have issued the wrong order, very wrong, indeed, and we have to reject it resolutely...
Cried Radio Yenan: "Chiang Kaishek, the Fascist chieftain . . . whose policy has been to sit aside and watch others fight . . . really has no right to accept a Japanese surrender. . . . Reactionary . . . stupid . . . sinister plot ... to instigate civil...
...Japanese High Command in China, General Chu Teh sent an ultimatum: their forces in north, central and south China must surrender only to the Chinese Communists. To the U.S., Russian and British Ambassadors in Chungking, Yenan sent a memorandum: the Chinese Communists must be represented at the formal surrender of the Japanese; U.S. Lend-Lease to the Central Government must stop immediately...
Then the Generalissimo made one more try for unity. To Yenan's leader, Mao Tse-tung, he wired: "May I humbly invite you to come to Chungking immediately? We will discuss things in person. This involves our national welfare. Please do not decline. Yours most anxiously...
...From Yenan came Mao's reply to Chiang: "I shall consider the question of meeting you after you express your opinion about General Chu Teh's telegram." This was followed by another telegram from Chu Teh, demanding Communist co-authority to receive the surrender of Japanese forces. "You must publicly admit your mistake," said Chu Teh to Chiang, "and publicly retract your order. . ..." The alternative: civil...