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The report contains a personal letter from Madame Sun Yat-Sen, from which the following is an excerpt:

"This is a crucial period for China, and, in fact, for the whole world. All of us are on the threshold of being able to live like human beings with one another. This much-sought condition is certainly the demand of common men and women all over the earth. Yet, there are those who would slam the door in our faces, cutting off decency, democracy and livelihood. They would substitute or support the very things against which the allies have but [unclear: so recently] finished fighting—fascisttacties., political and economic slavery. This group must be shown that the rank and file of all nations will not be denied in their request for peace and unity.