The China White Paper 1949 (XVII)

General Hurley was still optimistic about the situation of the National Government in China in early July 1945, as reflected in a report written by him as quoted below:

1. Hurley believed that the Chinese Communists was still waiting and expecting the Soviet to support them against the National government.
2. Hurley believed that if the CCP knew that the Soviet was not supporting them, they would settle their demands with the National Government if the latter was realistic enough.
3. the strength of the armed forces of CCP had been exaggerated, the area of territory controlled by them also had been exaggerated.
4. the number of people adhered to the CCP had been exaggerated.
5. with the support of the Soviet, CCP could bring about a civil war in China, and if without this support, CCP would eventually participate as a political party in the National Government.1

The CCP and the National Government continued their negotiation throughout August 1945. Mao, accompanied by Hurley who had gone to Yenan for this purpose, arrived in Chungking on August 28, 1945, and stayed there for about one month. It was generally believed that Mao's visit to Chungking might have been in part precipitated by the Sino-Soviet Treaty of August, 14, 1945. In this treaty, the Soviet supported the National Government as the only government of China.2 (to be continued)

Notes:
1.United States, Department of State. The China White Paper-August 1949. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1967, pages 99-100.
2. Ibid., page 105.