Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270
Memorandum by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to General Marshall
Dear General Marshall: With the view to reiterating the sincerity of the Government to find a peaceful solution of all pending problems, I make once more a new constructive proposal and request that General Marshall and Dr. Stuart transmit the same to the representative of the Chinese Communist Party. There follows the proposal of the Government:
The Government, reiterating its sincerity in finding a peaceful solution of all pending problems, propose the following concrete and practical procedure, upon the Communist agreement of which, the Government is prepared to act to secure an immediate cessation of hostilities:
The Five Man Committee under the chairmanship of Doctor Stuart to meet immediately to discuss the re-organization of the National Government; and at the same time, the Committee of Three under the chairmanship of General Marshall, with the following understandings:
- (1)
- The restoration of communications to be immediately resumed in accordance with the agreement tentatively reached by the Committee of Three last June.
- (2)
- The method for settling disagreements among the team members of the Executive Headquarters and commissioners at Executive Headquarters to be in accordance with the agreement tentatively reached by the Committee of Three last June.
- (3)
- The tentative agreement reached last June for the redis-position of troops in Manchuria to be carried out according to a fixed schedule without delay.
- (4)
- The Government troops and Communist troops in North China and Central China to continue in occupation of localities now under their control until the agreement by the Committee of Three is reached for the redistribution, re-organization and demobilization of troops, Government and Communist alike, for the unification of the armed forces in China.
- (5)
- Whatever understanding is reached by the Five Man Committee headed by Doctor Stuart, it is to be confirmed by the Steering Committee of the PCC without delay.
- (6)
- Questions of local government, excluding Manchuria, to be settled by the newly organized State Council.
- (7)
- The Constitutional Draft Committee to be convened immediately and the agreed draft to be submitted to the National Assembly, through the National Government, as the basis for its action.
- (8)
- Concurrent with the proclamation of the cessation of hostilities which is to be effected immediately following the agreement of the Communist Party to the foregoing procedure, that party is to announce its intention of participating in the National Assembly by publishing its lists of delegates thereto.