"First, I would like to quote from a report delivered by Mr. Hsu Mo, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Kuomintang Government, in the 54th session of the standing committee. of the Supreme National Defence Conference, which was held at the Central Bank of China Building in Hankow at 9 a.m. on December 6, 1937. This meeting was attended by Mr. Hsu Mo, Dr. H. H. Kung, Gen. Ho Ying-chin, Gen. Vu Vu-jen, Mr. Chu Cheng, Mr. Chen Li-fu, Mr. Chen Kuo-fu, Mr. Chen Pu-lei and others, and was presided over by myself, with Mr. Chang Chun as Vice-Chairman and Dr. Tseng Chung-ming as Chief Secretary."
In the report, according to Mr. Wang, Mr. Hsu enumerated and explained the peace conditions offered by Dr. Oscar Trautmann, then German Ambassador to China, to Dr. H. H. Kung, Chairman of the Executive Council, on November 28 and 29, 1997, acting under instructions from Berlin.
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