893.00B/6–2049: Telegram
The Consul General at Peiping (Clubb) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 22—8:34 p. m.]
1045. ReContel 1042, June 20.37 NCNA English language service today carries full text Mao Tse-tung speech June 15 to meeting convoked for purpose establishing preparatory committee new PCC, highlights as follows:
Task of meeting is to accomplish all preparatory work necessary for swift convocation new PCC to form democratic coalition government so as to lead people throughout country to clean up remnant forces Kmt reactionaries, unify all China, carry out economic, cultural and national defense construction. Convocation new PCC was proposed to country generally by CCP May 1, 1948. It got general support democratic parties and groups and popular organizations and democratic personages, national minorities throughout the country and among overseas Chinese.
All considered that the rule of imperialism, feudalism, bureaucratic capitalism and Kmt reactionary clique had to be overthrown and there be convened PCC embracing representative democratic parties and groups, popular organizations, democratic personages, national minorities and overseas Chinese for establishment People’s Democracy of China and election of democratic coalition government representing that republic. Only thus can China free itself from semi-colonial and semi-feudal fate and travel along road independence, freedom, peace, unity, strength and prosperity. That is common political basis for unified struggle by CCP and other groups and for unified struggle of people as whole. This political basis is held by all conscientious democratic parties or groups, people’s organizations and personages as being correct direction for solution all China’s problems. People’s liberation war has lasted 3 years since its beginning July 1946. “This war was launched by the Kuomintang reactionaries with the help of foreign imperalism.” Now PLA has marched to victory after victory (brief survey is given) and Kmt remnant forces remaining number only about one and half million men. It will not be long before those enemy remnants are cleaned up. This is victory of people throughout country and is also victory of peoples of world. Whole world, except for imperialists and reactionaries, are jubilant over great victory of Chinese people. Struggle of Chinese people against their enemies and struggle of people of world against their own enemies bear same meaning. People of China and people of world note fact that imperialists directed reactionaries China to oppose Chinese people brutally with counter-revolutionary war.
[Page 393]“At this point, I think it necessary call people’s attention to fact imperialists and their running dogs, the Chinese reactionaries, will not take their defeat in China lying down. They will still work in collusion each other and use all possible means oppose Chinese people. They will, for example, send their lackeys to bore into China, carry out work disintegration and disruption. This is inevitable and they will certainly not forget this work. They will, for instance, egg on Chinese reactionaries or may in addition even come out with own forces to blockade seaports of China. They will do this if it still possible do so. Furthermore, if they want to be adventuristic, sending part their armed forces encroach on China’s frontiers not an impossibility. We must fully take all this into account. We must decidedly not, because of our victories, relax vigilance towards wild retaliatory plots of imperialistic elements and their running dogs.
Whoever relaxes such vigilance will be politically disarmed and placed in passive position. Under these circumstances, people throughout country must unite and smash firmly, thoroughly, cleanly, and completely all anti-popular conspiratorial schemes imperialists and their lackeys, the reactionaries in China. China must be independent, China must be liberated, the affairs of China must be decided on and dealt with by Chinese people themselves and not slightest intervention by any imperialist country is allowed.
Revolution of China is revolution by masses of people of entire nation. Except for imperialists, feudalists, bureaucratic bourgeoisie, Kuomintang reactionaries and their henchmen, all persons are our friends. We have broad and consolidated revolutionary uńited front which is so broad it includes working class, peasant class, petty bourgeoisie and national bourgeoisie, and which is so consolidated it has powerful will and inexhaustible capacity vanquish all enemies and conquer all difficulties. We are now in era in which imperialist system is heading towards complete collapse. Imperialists are bogged in inescapable crisis, and no matter how they still want continue oppose Chinese people, Chinese people have the means win final victory. At same time, we wish declare to whole world: We only oppose the imperialist system and its conspiratorial schemes against Chinese people. We are willing negotiate establishment of diplomatic relations with any foreign government on basis of principles equality, mutual benefits and mutual respecting of territorial sovereignty, provided it is willing sever relations with Chinese reactionaries and no longer helps or works in collusion with them and provided it adopts real and not hypocritical attitude amity towards China of the people. Chinese people willing carry out friendly cooperation with peoples all countries in world in restoring and developing international trading relations so as to favour development production and bringing about flourishing economy.”
[Page 394]All conditions for convocation new PCC for formation democratic coalition government have matured. People throughout country look forward to convocation of conference and setting up of government. It is believed that work which has been begun can satisfy that hope and that before long, with formation democratic coalition government, its center of gravity for work will be: To clean up remnants reactionary clique and suppress their disruptive activities, to use all means and exert utmost efforts in rehabilitation and development economic work of the people and concurrently rehabilitating and developing people’s cultural and educational work.
“Once destiny of China is in hands of people, Chinese people will see a China rising like sun from east and shining on earth with its brilliant rays and see her swiftly wash away dirt left behind by reactionary government, heal scars of war and build up new, strong and prosperous People’s Democratic Republic of China which will be true to its name.”
Sent Department 1045, repeated Nanking, Canton, Shanghai, Tientsin by mail.
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