毛泽东选集/中共发言人关于和平条件必须包括惩办日本战犯和国民党战犯的声明

#The statement on the question of peace negotiations made on January 28 by the spokesman for the Communist Party of China was answered on January 31 by a spokesman of the reactionary traitorous Kuomintang government.

# §In his reply, the spokesman of the reactionary traitorous Kuomintang government quibbled about the points raised by the spokesman for the Communist Party of China.

#§ Concerning the demand of the Communist Party of China that the reactionary traitorous Kuomintang government should be responsible for re-arresting Yasuji Okamura, the chief criminal in Japan's invasion of China, turning him over to the People's Liberation Army, keeping the other Japanese war criminals in custody and preventing their escape, the Kuomintang spokesman said, "This is a judicial question.

# §Concerning the demand of the Communist Party of China that the reactionary traitorous Kuomintang government should be responsible for arresting Chiang Kai-shek and other war criminals, the Kuomintang spokesman said, "For genuine peace, no preconditions should be imposed."

#§ The statement of the spokesman for the Communist Party of China, he added, "does not seem to be serious enough in its attitude" and, moreover, "causes complications".

# §On this, the spokesman for the Communist Party of China states: As recently as January 28, our attitude was indeed not serious enough insofar as we still spoke of the reactionary traitorous Kuomintang government as a government.

#§ There is no longer any administrative organ in Nanking.

# §There is no administrative head in Canton.

# §There is neither an administrative organ nor an administrative head in Shanghai.

# §In Fenghua there is only a bogus president, who has already announced his "retirement"; there is nothing else.

#§ Therefore, speaking seriously, we should not have regarded it as a government; it is, at most, a hypothetical or token government.

#§ But let us go on supposing that there is such a token "government" and that there is a spokesman who can speak for that "government".

#§ Then its spokesman should realize that this hypothetical, token, reactionary, traitorous Kuomintang government has not only contributed nothing towards peace negotiations, but has in fact caused endless complications.

#§ Didn't you cause further complication by sending him to Japan, along with 260 other Japanese war criminals, after the Communist Party of China had demanded his re-arrest?”

#§ Can it be said that the Japanese people rule Japan, and not the imperialists?”

#§ Japan is a place you love so much that you believe the Japanese war criminals will enjoy greater security and comfort and receive more appropriate treatment there than in the areas you rule.

#§ Can it be that you have forgotten that the Japanese aggressors fought against us for eight whole years?”

#§ When the Communist Party of China put forward the eight terms for peace negotiations on January 14, the release of Yasuji Okamura had not yet occurred.

# §That occurred on January 26, and so it should be raised; it is certainly relevant to the peace negotiations.

# §On January 31 you obeyed MacArthur's orders and sent 260 Japanese war criminals to Japan, together with Yasuji Okamura; the matter thus became even more relevant to the peace negotiations.

# §Because you launched a civil war against the people.

# §After the Japanese surrender.

#§ Against the People's Liberation Army and the People's Liberated Areas, which had rendered extraordinary service in the War of Resistance Against Japan.

#§ And by what means have you waged the civil war?”