13 The U.S. was once eager to mediate the conflict between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist
Party during the 1940s. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) After the Pearl Harbor incident, the U.S. sent Joseph W. Stilwell as special envoy to mediate the
conflict between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party.
(B) After World War II, the U.S. sent George C. Marshall as special envoy for mediating the conflict
between Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. Consequently, the Chongqing meeting
was held and attended by Marshall, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong.
(C) Given that both the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party failed to adhere to the armistice
agreement, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt imposed arms embargo on China, and thus changed
the situation of China’s civil war.
(D) In August 1949, the US State Department issued the China White Paper. It attributed the causes and
the deteriorating situation in China to the government of the Republic of China.