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It may probably be so, for there is the telegram dated the 16th April, in which it appears that the mouth of lir. Wong has been made use of to utter libels against Chang (Kai Shek).
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Before any criticism is made of the rest of the telegram, we should point out that the words in it we "were planning a Conference or a Discussion similar to that at Sai Shan" do not sound like Mr. Wong, nor do they sound like anybody. When Mr. Wong was in Shanghai we never mentioned the word "Conference" or the word
"Discussion". At that time we were satisfied that the
facts we had gathered, were sufficient proof of the rebellion of the Communists. How could it be necessary
for us to have a "Conferrence" or "Discussion".
The Con-
ference was entirely suggested by Mr. Wong to i Shek Tsang and me, and he repeated his suggestion again and again on two different occasions in the residence of our late President and in the To Wan Building in Shanghai in the presence of ten odd men. He did not make the
suggestion in words only, but also in the letter which
he sent to Mr. Chang when he had got out of Wu Sung, and the following is a quotation from it:- "In my opinion
the only chance we have for the salvation of the situation
is to convene a 4th General Meeting (of the Central
Executive Committee) at Nanking. He had also sent a
letter to Mr. Cheung Ching Kong, informing him that the
Meeting would be convened at Nanking on the 15th and
added in a postscript "the sooner the better".
Believing Ifr. Wong to be a leader of the Kuomin-
tang, we thought that his suggestion must have some
foundation. As he must have known, by rule 36 of the
Kuomintang, all meetings of the Central Executive Com-
mittee must be held in the place where the Government
exists