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

Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270

Memorandum by the Chinese Minister of War (Chen Cheng) to Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr.

[Translation]

No. 1719

[Chungking,] April 10, 1946.

Dear General Gillem: Your memorandum elated April 1, 1946, is duly received.

I am sending to you for your reference a tabulation⁴⁹ of the following facts which are now in consideration: the thirty armies, the divisions which constitute the thirty armies and their locations.

Of the thirty armies 15A, 18A, 21A and 26A are to be integrated with Communist troops into army groups. The 18A and 26A must be moved from Central China to North China.

Chen Cheng

49. Not printed.