CHAIRMAN MAO'S CABLED REPLY TO SEVEN POLITICAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WELCOMING
THEM TO YENAN TO DISCUSS NATIONAL AFFAIRS
18 June 1945

[Text] Chu Fu-ch'eng, Huang Yen-p'ei, Leng Yu, Wang Yun-wu, Fu Szu-nien,
Tso Shun-sheng and Chang Po-chun, seven Political Council members, wired
Comrades Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai on 2 June expressing the hope for
continued discussions on domestic unity. Chairman Mao and Comrade Chou
En-lai replied by wire on 18 June welcoming them to Yenan to discuss
national affairs. The full text of the reply is as follows:

Messrs Chu Hui-seng, Huang Jen-chih, Leng Yu-ch'iu, Wang Yun-wu, Fu Meng-chen,
Tso Shun-sheng and Chang Po-chun:

Your wire has been received. Your concern for unity is most admirable. Due
to the rejection by the Kuomintang authorities of a meeting of all parties
and factions, a coalition government and any other preliminary democratic
reform, and their threat to hold a people's congress under one-party
manipulation to create a split and prepare for a civil war, a grave
national crisis has arisen, and it will intensify. It is most regrettable.
If, due to the people's eager desire for unity and your fervent appeals,
the authorities will wake up, relinquish their one-party dictatorship, hold
a meeting of all parties and factions, discuss the organization of a
coalition government, and immediately introduce the most urgent democratic
reforms, then our party will be most happy to negotiate. We welcome you to
come to Yenan. Please wire us the date of your departure in advance, and
we will await you respectfully.

Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai, 18 June.
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CHIEH-FANG JIH-PAO, 30 June 1945.