On this day, 79 years ago, on August 10, 1946 (July 14, 1946 in the lunar calendar), the United States admitted that the mediation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party failed. On the morning of August 10, 1946, Marshall and Stuart lured representatives of the Communist Party of China into accepting Chiang Kai-shek's five conditions. Zhou Enwei firmly refused. On the afternoon of the same day, Marshall and Stuart issued a joint statement admitting that the "mediation" failed. However, he defended Chiang Kai-shek on the current status and crux of the open negotiations, saying that "although the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are very willing to stop the conflict, there are certain issues that need to be resolved immediately and no agreement has yet been reached." Obviously, the two sides cannot resolve this issue, otherwise they can issue a general order to completely stop the conflict in China."