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Press Release Issued by the Embassy in China, August 18, 1947
The following statement was issued this noon by the Wedemeyer mission:
Throughout the presence of the Wedemeyer mission in China, members have emphasized that they would gladly receive orally or in writing any information that any individual or group desired to submit. The mission has been asked on numerous occasions if it would be willing to receive information from the Chinese Communists. [Page 733] In each case the answer has been definitely yes. In the effort to achieve objectivity, the Mission has been and is glad to receive information from the Chinese Communists, as well as from any other source. As a matter of fact, strongly divergent views have already been received and are being carefully considered.