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

893.00/1–1746

Memorandum by the Committee of Three to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek⁵⁴

We, General Chang Chun, authorized representative of the National Government; General Chou En-lai, authorized representative of the Chinese Communist Party[,] and General George C. Marshall do urgently recommend that the Military Sub-Committee, agreed to on 11 October 1945, be convened immediately to develop a plan for the reorganization of the Armies of China at the earliest possible date.

A similar memorandum⁵⁵ is being forwarded to Chairman Mao Tse-tung⁵⁶ through General Chou En-lai.

Chang Chun
Chou En-lai
G. C. Marshall

Chungking, 14 January 1946.

54. Copy transmitted to the Secretary of State by General Marshall with his memorandum of January 17; received January 31.
55. Not printed.
56. Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.