893.00/5–2846
Memorandum by the Acting Committee of Three
This message from the Committee of Three is addressed concurrently to the Three Commissioners of Executive Headquarters and to the Director General, Wu-Han Headquarters of the Generalissimo and the Commanding General Central Military Area of the Communist Party.
By agreement between the Committee of Three, the following instructions are hereby issued to the above commanders for compliance within the areas of their respective commands north of the Yangtze River:
- a.
- Both commanders as listed above will issue orders immediately to insure the cessation of skirmishes and disturbance between outposts in the above area.
- b.
- The above commanders will cause all troop movements contrary to the original cease-fire agreement of January 10 to cease immediately. Minor troop movements of administrative nature as authorized in the original cease-fire agreement may be continued providing each such move is previously reported to the appropriate Executive Headquarters Field Team in the area.
- c.
- Construction of additional blockhouses or other permanent fortifications within the above area shall cease immediately.
- d.
- The above commanders will establish without delay the necessary liaison between their respective headquarters and between their confronting field units. Such liaison officers, in conjunction with field teams of Executive Headquarters, will have as one of their primary functions, the establishment of definite lines of separation between the opposing forces.
- e.
- It has further been agreed that the evacuation of 1,000 sick personnel plus 100 family members and 60 administrative and medical personnel from the Central Military Area to An-Yang will commence on May 15. The detailed plan and procedure for this movement will be as agreed among the members of Field Team #9. Commanders of both sides are instructed to insure that this move is accomplished without delay.
- f.
- It has been further agreed that the above commanders will immediately exchange lists of personnel of the opposing sides now being held in arrest or restriction, and that all such personnel determined to be political prisoners or prisoners of war will be released by both sides on or before June 1, 1946.
- g.
- It is further agreed that security shall be provided for demobilized military personnel of the Communist Party during movement from the Central Military Area and after arrival at destination, provided they are returning to their homes, are unarmed, and have in their possession the proper identification certificates. The Communist Party shall provide the Wu-Han National Government headquarters with the necessary statistical data relative to personnel, routes and destinations involved to permit fulfillment of this responsibility.
This present agreement does not prejudice or jeopardize previous Executive Headquarters directives or any future agreement that may be reached by the Committee of Three on basic issues involved in this area.
This agreement is signed by General Hsu Yung Chang, representative of the National Government, General Chou En-lai, representative of the Communist Party and General Byroade, acting on behalf of General Marshall, United States representative.
Chou En-lai
Henry A. Byroade