Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, The Far East: China, Volume X

Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270

General Marshall to the Ambassador in China (Stuart)

OSE 491

Nanking, 6 October 1946.

Dear Doctor Stuart: I have outlined below my understanding of the arrangement agreed upon this morning between ourselves and the Generalissimo.⁹⁰

You are to notify Wang Ping Nan that we proposed to the Generalissimo a 10-day truce for the operations against Kalgan under the following conditions:

1) The purpose of the truce is to carry out the two proposals of the Generalissimo in his communication to me of October 2. (See OSE 479.⁹¹)

2) During the period of the truce, Executive Headquarters will check on its observance with teams at all critical points composed and directed as follows:

a. Teams within the Communist lines will not have a National Government member and teams within the Government lines will not have a Communist member.

b. The American member will have the authority to determine where and when the teams shall go and will himself report on any actions which in effect could be considered violations of the truce.

c. Between the two forces a team or teams may be located with both Government and Communist representatives.

3) The public announcement of the truce will be made by you and I, and the Government and the Communists are to refrain from any announcement.

G. C. Marshall

90. See notes of meeting October 6, infra.
91. Not printed; it transmitted text of memorandum of October 2 by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, p. 270.