The China White Paper 1949(XXIII)

After the cease-fire agreement of January 10th was signed, General Marshall noticed that trouble could happen in Manchuria and the situation there could erode the confidence between CCP and the Nationalist government. The armed forces of both parties might clash when they competed to occupy the vacuum left behind by the Russian troops after withdrawing from China. Russian's continued delay in withdrawal from Manchuria began to add to the suspicion of the Nationalist government that the Russians were helping CCP. At this moment the National government was determined to occupy Manchuria totally. The Russian withdrawal was started on April 6, 1946 and completed by April 29. When they had left, the Nationalist government found that they had difficulties to transport enough troops to occupy the area soon enough to prevent the occupation by the Communist. One reason was that such action was delayed by the Russian who refused to allow the Nationalists to use Dairen as the port of entry. (to be continued)

Note:
1.United States, Department of State. The China White Paper-August 1949. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1967, pages 145-7.