Bing: Do you believe that the United States’ mediation in the Chinese Civil War has already failed? If U.S. policy continues in its present form, what will be the outcome?  ^: I very much doubt that the U.S. government’s policy can be called “mediation.” Given the fact that massive American aid enabled Chiang Kai-shek to launch an unprecedentedly large-scale civil war, it appears that the U.S. government is using the so-called “mediation” as a cover to strengthen Chiang Kai-shek on all fronts and, through his policy of bloody repression, to suppress China’s democratic forces, thereby effectively turning China into an American colony. If this policy goes on, it will inevitably provoke all patriotic people throughout China to rise up in resolute resistance.

Question: How much longer will the Chinese Civil War last, and what will be its outcome?  Answer: If the U.S. government were to abandon its current policy of aiding Chiang Kai-shek, withdraw U.S. troops from China, and implement the Moscow Tripartite Agreement, the Chinese Civil War could certainly be brought to an early end. Otherwise, there is a real possibility that it will turn into a protracted war. As for the consequences, on the one hand, the Chinese people will undoubtedly suffer. On the other hand, however, the Chinese people will surely unite to defend their very existence and determine their own destiny. No matter how arduous and difficult the struggle may be, the Chinese people’s goals of independence, peace, and democracy must be achieved. No domestic or foreign oppressive force will ever be able to prevent the realization of these goals.

Question: Do you consider Chiang Kai-shek to be the “natural leader” of the Chinese people? And will the Communist Party, under any circumstances, refuse to accept Chiang Kai-shek’s Five Demands? If the Kuomintang attempts to convene a National Assembly without the participation of the Communists, what action will the Communist Party take?  Answer: There is no such thing as a “natural leader” in this world. If Chiang Kai-shek were willing to address China’s political, military, and economic issues in accordance with the joint resolutions of the Political Consultative Conference reached under the January ceasefire agreement this year—rather than by insisting on the so-called “Five Demands” or on ten other unilateral demands that violate those very agreements—we would still be prepared to work with him. The National Assembly should be convened only on the basis of the resolutions of the Political Consultative Conference, with all parties sharing responsibility; otherwise, we shall adopt a firm stance of opposition.