Chinese Communist Party Spokesperson
Declares That Gan Jiehou Will Not Be
Received in Beiping
(February 7, 1949)
(Xinhua News Agency dispatch, Northern Shanxi, February 7)
The telegram of the 5th sent by the Central News Agency of the reactionary and
traitorous Guomindang government in Shanghai stated: “Gan Jiehou1 declared
that a six-member peace delegation, including Yan Huiqing and Zhang Shizhao
[1881–1973, born in Changsha], will fly to Beiping in two or three days. They
and Shao Lizi2 will go along in their personal capacities to assist. Gan declared
that the only aim of the peace delegation is to knock on the door to urge the
Chinese Communist Party to quickly appoint representatives for the peace negotiations and decide the time and place so that the government’s delegation can
come and begin the peace negotiations.” The Chinese Communist Party spokesperson declared that if the Shanghai gentlemen Yan Huiqing, Zhang Shizhao et al.
come to Beiping in their personal capacities for tourism and to have conversations
about national affairs, the mayor of Beiping, General Ye Jianying, will prepare
to receive them. If, according to Gan [Jiehou]’s declaration, “the only aim of the
peace delegation is to knock on the door to urge the Chinese Communist Party to
appoint representatives for the peace negotiations and to decide the time and place
so that the government’s delegation can come and begin the peace negotiations,”
the Chinese Communist Party declared some time ago that it has not finished preparing for the peace negotiations, and it will not discuss the topic at this time. We
are not prepared to receive representatives from any quarters for the time being.
The source of our text is Renmin ribao, February 9, 1949.
1.  Gan Jiehou (Kan Chieh-hou, 1897–1984, born in Baoshan [north of Shanghai]), a
Chinese scholar and politician, was the right-hand man of Li Zongren, acting president of
the Republic of China.
2.  Shao Lizi was a journalist and teacher who joined Sun Yatsen’s Tongmeng Hui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance), and studied Marxism with Chen Duxiu, but he joined the
Guomindang government in Guangzhou. He was active in negotiations between the Chinese Communist Party and the Guomindang in the mid- to late 1940s, and with Zhang
Zhizhong and Yan Huiqing (1877–1950, native of Shanghai) he attempted to establish
common ground between the two parties. After the negotiations failed, Shao changed his
allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719436-238

As for political brokers, such as Gan Jiehou, who engage in “peace offensives,”
he is only qualified to sell cheap American-made goods under the brand name
“peace offensive” in the Nanjing and Shanghai area. The people’s Beiping does
not welcome such goods, so sorry, please stop right there. If Gan Jiehou dares to
sneak into Beiping and peddle smuggled goods, the people of Beiping may send
him into exile.