论1941年中国政府及舆论对美日谈判的反应

The Response of the Chinese Government and Public Opinion to the U.S.-Japanese Secret Talks in 1941

美国政府于1941年曾与日本进行8个月的秘密谈判,试图对日本作出局部让步,以缓和太平洋局势,避免美日战争发生。此时,中国正处于抗日战争最困难的时期,美日妥协一旦形成,将对中国抗日战争产生极其严重的后果。在美日谈判开始不久,中国政府获悉这一消息后,立即表示反对,中国报界也迅速予以严厉批评和谴责。太平洋战争爆发前夕,美国曾已决定对日妥协,中国政府和报界予以强烈反对和严正警告,成功阻止美国与日本妥协计划的实现。

In 1941, the U.S. government negotiated secretly with Japan for 8 months, and was ready to make some compromise to Japan in order to ease the tensions in the Pacific area, hoping in this way to avoid war with Japan. As China was in its most difficult times in the anti-Japanese war, such a compromise would prove very harmful to China. As a result, the Chinese government, after learning about the secret U. S. - Japan negotiations, strongly opposed the negotiations, and Chinese press also severely criticized them. Finally the opposition and warning of the Chinese government and press succeeded in stopping the U. S. government from reaching a compromise with Japan.