On 5 January 1946 (December 3, 1945), the Republic of China recognized the independence of the Mongolian People's Republic. The newspaper on 5 January 1946, that the Republic of China recognized the independence of the Mongolian People's Republic. The National Government announced: "The foreign Mongolian people held a referendum on 20 October 1945, and the Central Committee sent the Minister of Internal Affairs to observe the law, according to the report of the foreign Mongolian presiding voting affairs, the results of the referendum have confirmed the foreign Mongolian people's support for independence, in accordance with the review of the Supreme Committee of National Defense, decided to recognize the independence of the foreign Mongolian Republic, except that the Ministry of Internal Affairs officially notified the resolution to the foreign Mongolian Government."