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    "label": "Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note",
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    "title": "Letter from General George C. Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, with Related Note",
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    "ocrText": "TOP SEORET\nDECLASSIFIED\nWAR DEPARTMENT\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nOSD letter, April 12, 1974\nOFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF\nBy NLT-\nHe\n,\nNARS Date 7-14-75\nWASHINGTON 25, D. C.\nGOLD 1695\nOctober 26, 1946\nDear Mr. President:\nSince my GOLD 1663 of October 17, the so-called Third Party Group\nconsisting of the Democratic League, the Young China Party, and the\npolitically active nonparty people have sent an important delegation to\nNanking to act as intermediaries in the negotiations. The same morning,\nMonday last, General Chou En Lai returned in a United States Army plane.\nUnfortunately, the Generalissimo had previously been long scheduled to\nleave Sunday, the day before, for his first visit to Formosa in 40 years.\nHe postponed his departure 24 hours so as to receive Chou and the Third\nParty Group personally on their arrival. His action in this matter, I\nam certain was without intention to influence one way or another the\nnegotiations. Chou's decision to return to Nanking was not made until\nlate Saturday and was unknown to the Generalissimo until 8 P. M. Saturday.\nThe previous information from the Government representatives who had gone\nto Shanghai to persuade Chou to return and had reported to the General-\nissimo Saturday morning, was that Chou had refused to return.\nSince arrival in Nanking the Third Party men have been continuously\noccupied in discussions with Government representatives, Communists,\nDoctor Stuart and me. They are acting as a united group, at least for\nthe time being, and are very earnest in their endeavors to bring about a\npeaceful settlement. They state that unless certain commitments are made\nby the Government regarding the procedure for convocation, delegates, etc.,\nfor National Assembly, the Third Party will not attend. This incidentally\nis their principal weapon to influence action on part of either Government\nor Communists.\nGeneral Chou rejects the eight point statement of the Generalissimo,\nrefusing to revive those portions of the June negotiations on which a\ntentative agreement had been reached. I think this action is based on\ntwo considerations, one pertaining to complete distrust and consequent\nmisconceptions and the other one to establish a basis for maneuvers or\ntrades in getting some concession regarding Kalgan and the continued\nGovernment military occupation of places recently taken over by the\nGovernment. Today and an operation against Chefoo is fully under way. the\nCommunists are trading, I believe, between their stand for the return of\nall troops to their January 13th positions in China and June 7th positions\nin Manchuria, against the Government's stand to continue in occupation of\nARCHIVES AND\nTOP SECRET\nSERVICE\"\n- 1 -"
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