STATEMENT OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN OF
17 MARCH

17 March 1946

[Text] Many influential persons in the Kuomintang are currently attempting
to revise certain fundamental resolutions of the Political Consultative
Conference, especially the one of the principle of the constitution. They
will not have the consent of the Chinese Communist Party, other democratic
parties and factions, and the broad masses for their action. The resolutions of the Political Consultative Conference are the result of the joint
discussions and unanimous agreement of the plenary representatives of the
various parties and factions. Everything they decided is compatible with
the needs of the state and the hopes of the people. The resolution on
the principle of the constitution, in particular, has won the support of
international and domestic public opinion, which sees it as the only way
to lay the foundation for democratization of the state. National
Government Chairman Chiang personally served as chairman of the Political
Consultative Conference. In his closing speech on 31 January, he declared
solemnly that "as regards the resolutions adopted by the Political
Consultative Conference, although I was unable to participate in them, I
constantly studied them and gave them my attention, and I found that their
entire contents were the crystallization of the sincere discussions of
everyone concerned. On behalf of the government I wish to announce in
advance that the government will respect the resolutions. As soon as
the procedures are formulated, they will be implemented as decided."
That the Kuomintang should suddenly propose revisions of the resolutions,
including the principle of the constitution, just barely 1 1/2 months
after the close of the conference is truly surprising. The Chinese
Communist Party pays serious attention to the promises of Chiang Kai-shek
and the Kuomintang and feels that the political honor of the various
political parties and the long-range plan of the state are linked with
the resolutions of the Political Consultative Conference. Therefore, it
will never waver but will adhere to all the resolutions of the Political
Consultative Conference, especially the resolution on the principle of
the constitution, which must be implemented 100 percent. It opposes any

revision and appeals to all the democratic figures and the people of the
entire nation to be ready to wage a solemn struggle for this sacred task.

"Documents of the Political Consultative Conference," Historical
Documents Press, July 1946