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                             CONTENTS
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PREFACE ............................ .                                  
III
The mission of General of the Army George C. Marshall to China to
    arrange for cessation of civil strife and to bring about political unifi-
    cation (continued from volume IX):
    XII. Marshall-Stuart statement of August 10; President Truman's
         messages to President Chiang Kai-shek; unsuccessful efforts to
         establish five-man committee to set up State Council; continued
         failure to bring about cease-fire (August 10-September 29,
         1946)......................... .                            1
   XIII. Kalgan crisis: Kalgan truce efforts; General Marshall's threat
         to end mediation; Communist refusal of 10-day truce; Gov-
         ernment's capture of Kalgan (September 30-October 12,
         1946)......................... .                             258
    XIV. Third party efforts to effect settlement (October 13-November
         5, 1946) .....   . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .  ..  . .   .    362
     XV. President Chiang Kai-shek's order to troops to cease fire and
         three-day postponement of National Assembly Meeting (No-
         vember 6-14, 1946) .... .  .  . . . . . . . . . .  . .   .    473
    XVI. National Assembly's meeting and adoption of new constitu-
         tion; General Chou En-lai's withdrawal to Yenan; General
         Marshall's request to be recalled (November 15-December
         31, 1946)....................... .                            543
   XVII. Recall of General Marshall; reactions to General Marshall's
         statement of January 7, 1947, and his appointment as Secre-
         tary of State.....   . . .  . . . . . . . . .  . . . .   .    672
  XVIII. Withdrawal of the United States from participation in Execu-
         tive Headquarters; return of Communist personnel to Commu-
         nist territory (January 23-March 9, 1947)...  . . . . . . .    705
U.S. Aid to China:
       I. Extension of Lend-Lease authority for military assistance;
         consideration of China aid bill; suspension of arms shipments .
 724
      II. Continuation of Chinese Air Force training in the United
         States; suspension of turnover of aircraft and equipment . . . 
767
     III. Transfer of ships to China; suspension of program ...   . . . 
786
     IV. Negotiations respecting establishment of United States military
         and naval advisory groups in China. . . . . . . . . . . .     810
      V. Inactivation of China Theater; incidents involving United States
         Forces in China; gradual withdrawal from China of United
         States marines . . .  . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . .    848
     VI. Repatriation of Japanese from China; United States policy
         regarding retention of Japanese technicians by Chinese Govern-
         ment   ..... .   . . . . . .  . . . . . . .         .         888
Financial relations between the United States and China; discussions on the
    settlement of war accounts; Export-Import Bank loans and credits .  911
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