This article states that in the past people opposed an alliance of this kind because it might prevent assistance from Great Britain and America, and might increase the influence of the Chinese Communist party, These arguments no longer hold the article declares.
"We cannot hope," it goes on, "to obtain further assistance from Soviet Kussia unless we can prove that we are willing to ce-operate more closely with that country, "It is the aim of the Chinese Communist party to defeat Japan.
"What will be the future relationship between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist party is not our immediate problem. We can Ieaye that question until after the war is concluded. Whether the Kuomintang or the Chinese Communist: will control China is not a matter on which we should trouble ourselves now. We must win the war first.'"—
Reuter.
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