Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270
Memorandum by General Chou
En-lai to General Marshall
MM 058
Nanking, 29 June 1946.
Enclosed please find my amendment to your draft5 supplementary agreement to the basic
agreement of army reorganization:
I beg to take this opportunity to reiterate the following three points:
- 1.
- In connection with my revised paragraph 6, it is absolutely
essential to secure Generalissimo’s approval that the Government
will give such an assurance as I suggested. In case to the
contrary, we see no way to commit ourselves to the proposed
concessions.
- 2.
- The provincial government of Sungkiang and magistrate of
Harbin should be reorganized into democratic local coalition
governments, which are formed with the participation of
Kuomintang, Chinese Communist Party and local non-partisans, the
positions of the provincial chairman and mayor being held by
neutral persons.
- 3.
- After preliminary agreement has been reached on the various
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points of
concessions on our part, as I outlined in my amendment, I have
to consult my associates in Yenan and Manchuria before I can put
my signature to the document.
[Signature in Chinese]
(
Chou
En-lai
)
[Annex 1]
Amendment to General Marshall’s
Draft
- 1.
- Paragraph 1: Change the words “garrison areas” into
“disposition of troops”, “North China” into “China proper”, and
“places” into “localities”.
- 2.
- Paragraph 2: The Chinese Communist Party is still having under
consideration a revision of Communist army strength so as to
maintain 20 divisions at the end of the first phase, and 12
divisions at the end of the second phase of army
reorganization.
- 3.
- Paragraph 3: Change the words “three months” into “six
months”.
- 4.
- Paragraph 4: Add to the end of the paragraph the
following:
- “Both parties shall move no troops into localities thus
evacuated. The local security shall be maintained solely by the
local civil authorities and Peace preservation corps or
militia.”
- 5.
- Paragraph 5: Following the words “or Communist forces” insert
the words “in Manchuria”.
- 6.
- Delete paragraphs 6 to 11. A new paragraph 6 will be formed
which reads:
- “The Chinese Communist Party agrees that in concentrating the
Communist troops for the purpose of implementing the Army
Reorganization Plan within the period as specified in paragraph
3, no locality within such areas as specified in the
appendix6 will serve as troop concentration or
garrison place. At the same time the Government assures that the
Government troops will under no circumstance move into those
areas and the present established local governments and peace
preservation corps or militia shall be continued for the purpose
of maintaining local security and civil administration.”
- 7.
- Paragraph 12, changed into the new paragraph 7, will be
revised to read:
- “The Chinese Communist Party agrees that the Government may
send one regiment troops to garrison Harbin. Provisions will be
made regarding the provincial government of Sung Kiang and the
magistrate of Harbin.”
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[Annex 2]
Appendix IX
In accordance with paragraph 6, the Chinese Communist Party agrees
that in implementing the Army Reorganization Agreement the Communist
troops will not be concentrated into or garrison any locality within
the following areas:—
Anhwei: northeastern part
Kiangsu: latitudinally south of Hwaian
exclusive
Shantung: 1. Tsaochuang Area
2. Tsingtao–Tsinan railway line
Chahar: South of the latitude of
Kalgan exclusive
Jehol: South of the latitude at
Chengteh exclusive
Hupeh–Honan Border Area: The Communist
troops in that area will be moved to Hopei
