CERTAIN PERSON IN AUTHORITY IN NORTH SHENSI DISCUSSES LIST OF WAR CRIMINALS
25 December 1948
[Text] HSIN-HUA NEWS AGENCY, North Shensi, 25 Dec--People in various fields
here have discussed the list of war criminals. A certain person in authority
stated:

A complete list of war criminals can be compiled only after the names have
been proposed by the various fields in the nation according to actual
conditions. However, in regard to such war criminals who are well-known
throughout the country, such as Chiang Kai-shek, Li Tsung-jen, Ch'en Ch'eng,
Pai Ch'ung-hsi, Ho Ying-ch'in, Ku Chu-t'ung, Ch'en Kuo-fu, Ch'en Li-fu,
K'ung Hsiang-hsi, Sung Tzu-wen, Chang Ch'un, Weng Wen-hao, Sun K'o,
Wu T'ieh-ch'eng, Wang Yun-wu, Tai Ch'uan-hsien, Wu Ting-ch'ang, Hsiung
Shih-hui, Chang Li-sheng, Chu Chia-hua, Wang Shih-chieh, Ku Wei-chun,
Sung Mei-ling, Wu Kuo-chen, Liu Chih, Ch'eng Ch'ien, Hsueh Yueh,
Wei Li-huang, Yu Han-mou, Hu Tsung-nan, Fu Tso-i, Yen Hsi-shan, Chou Chih-jou,
Wang Shu-ming, Kuei Yung-ch'ing, Tu Yu-ming, T'ang En-po, Sun Li-jen,
Ma Hung-k'uei, Ma Pu-fang, T'ao Hsi-sheng, Tseng Ch'i, and Chang Chun-li,
their crimes are heinous and they have been condemned by all our countrymen.
Naturally there are many more who should be included in the list of first-class war criminals, but they must be proposed, according to the conditions,
by the people of the various areas who have personally experienced the
calamities of war. The PLA will have priority in proposing the names.
Commander Huang Wei of the Kuomintang 12th Army Group, for instance, is
definitely a war criminal for using poison gas in battle. All democratic
parties and factions and all people's organizations throughout the country
have the right to discuss and propose lists of war criminals.

。 JEN-MIN JIH-PAO, 27 December 1948
* CH'UN-CHUNG (Hong Kong), No 1, Vol 3, 30 December 1948
* "Reference Materials on the History of the Chinese Communist Party," Vol 5