CO129-619-1 Parliamentary delegation to China 1-9-1947 - 23-12-1947 — Page 79

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as the jure Government of China. In its practical

application at the present time, this means that we

are not prepared to recognise any claim by the Chinose

Communists to govern China or any part of it.

4. As a further corollary to the policy outlined

above, His Majesty's Government are ready to lend their

moral (but not material) support to the National

Government in any efforts the latter may make to achieve

unity and develop a strong, stable government on a

broad, democratic basis, as provided in the Moscow

Declaration. Unfortunately, as will appear in a later

section, the efforts which were being made along the sc

linos under General Marshall's aegis last year have

been abandoned, and open civil war now rages in

China.

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