Yan’an, Xinhua, the 16th — According to a dispatch from Reuters’ Hsing Mei News Agency… On the 11th of this month, the Nationalist Government announced that the National Assembly would be convened on May 5 of next year. Apart from this brief report, no further details have been received here. However, the Yan’an authorities attach great importance to this announcement, viewing it as yet another breach by the Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government of the “Double Tenth Agreement.”

A review of the “Minutes of the CPC–KMT Talks,” published on the 11th of last month, reveals the following text concerning the National Assembly: “III. Regarding the National Assembly, the Communist side put forward three proposals: re-election of National Assembly delegates; postponement of the date of the National Assembly’s convening; and revision of the National Assembly Organization Law, the Electoral Law, and the May 5th Draft Constitution. The government side stated that the delegates already elected to the National Assembly should be deemed valid, that their number could be reasonably increased through legal means, and that the May 5th Draft Constitution had previously been submitted for deliberation by all sectors of society, with opportunities provided for the submission of amending suggestions. Consequently, no agreement was reached between the two sides. Nevertheless, the Communist side declared that it did not wish to see unity broken over this issue. At the same time, both sides agreed to refer the matter to the Political Consultative Conference for resolution.”

Moreover, the “Minutes” stipulated that “consultation on state affairs, discussion of the Program for Peaceful Nation-Building, and all questions relating to the convening of the National Assembly” would constitute the main agenda items of the Political Consultative Conference. Only one month had passed since the publication of the Minutes, and before the Political Consultative Conference had even convened, when the Nationalist Government unilaterally announced the date for the National Assembly. This action clearly demonstrates that the Kuomintang has no genuine intention of resolving any major political issues currently confronting the country through political consultation and negotiation with other parties.

An authoritative figure in Yan’an commented on the question of the National Assembly’s convening, stating that the Kuomintang authorities’ unilateral move betrays their firm resolve to launch a large-scale civil war. The same source further noted that, following such headstrong and unilateral action by the Nationalist Government, the very purpose of the Political Consultative Conference—originally intended to serve as a central forum for discussing matters pertaining to the National Assembly—has come into serious doubt. Even if the conference were to meet, who could guarantee that the Kuomintang would not once again act in bad faith, repudiating the agreements reached and tearing up the consensus forged at the table?

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