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Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270

The President of the Chinese Executive Yuan (Soong) to the American Ambassador in China (Stuart)33

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Aide-Mémoire

Informal Suggestion—Without Commitment

I.
Five-men Committee to meet first to discuss Communist participation in State Council.
II.
  • (a) Following this first meeting a 3-men Committee to meet and decide the areas to which Communist troops will be assigned.
  • (b) Dates will be set for the movement of Communist troops to, designated areas.
  • (c) Truce teams will be sent to observe the movement of these troops.
  • (d) Upon the acceptance by the Communist delegates of the areas where Communist troops will be stationed and the dates set for their removal to those areas, cease-fire order will forthwith be given.
  • (e) When the Communist troops have reached the areas assigned to them, they will be incorporated into the National Army, and trained and equipped like other national divisions.
  1. Handed to Dr. Stuart on October 1.↩