No one beat a victory gong, no firecrackers sputtered. But for the first time in almost two years of political haggling, China could look with cautious hope to a truce in her civil war.
Three generals were charged with the trucemaking: the Central Government's forceful, realistic Chang Chun, Governor of Szechwan Province and a leader of the progressive Political Science Group; the Communists' able, amiable Chou Enlai, veteran revolutionist and leader of Yenan's unity delegation in Chungking; and, sitting as consultant between the two Chinese, the U.S.'s Special Envoy George Cattlett...
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