In response to requests for interviews by newspaper representatives, the Generalissimo, Chiang Kal-shek, authorized the following statement:
"As 1 am fooling quite tired ater rant by persona interview to news: th air trip, I'am not ready to
Paper correspondents. However, my Femarks to. Chang 'Hsueh-liang' and Yang. Hu-cheng immediately before 1 -deparied from Sian, express all that T have to. say. about. the Sian [coup d'etat. Now: all. questions must bbe settled shy the Central. Govern sing In'siprerio command of the sy, 1 am zeeponsible fr- the. coup, failed to,.main: the: army, deep! the Central: Government asserted ts authority amd the. civil and -milltary, officers all over the country did their best. to maintain peace and order which is a matter for gratification. Also T appreciate gratefully the deep concern of our people at home and abroad as well as that of the governments, people, and newspapers of the friendly nations."—Central News.
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