November 27, 1945 (, Yiyou October 23), Marshall by the mediator for the Chinese civil war.

1945 11 27, President Truman announced his appointment of George Marshall in Chinese Special Envoy, mediation growing civil war between the Kuomintang troops in the north with the Communist army. Marshall immediately accepted the delegate
just resigned from the army's highest office. He will soon travel to China. President selected Marshall to take on this particular task because not long ago, Buttrick - Hurley to the White House announced that he will resign from the office of the U.S. ambassador to China, this office was appointed in 1944 to his; instruction was to prevent the Chiang Kai-shek The Kuomintang government collapsed. His resignation to the White House by surprise. (L $ j��.c��)
Hurley in resignation at the same time issued a sharp statement, condemned the "career diplomat" to undermine U.S. policy in China. The statement said these diplomats have publicly advised "the Communist Party," unless the Communist Party to accept the control of the KMT, the KMT and the two armies can not be unified. "