893.00/4–2149: Telegram
The Consul General at Peiping (Clubb) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 21—11:23 p. m.]
678. Extra just issued by Jen Min Jih Pao gives text Hsin Hua News Agency item dateline Peiping April 21 under headline “Nanking Kmt Government rejects domestic peace agreement. Chairman Mao [and] Commander in Chief Chu ordered whole army decisively thoroughly clean up whole outfit, annihilate enemy in toto, capture all evil unrepentant war criminals, especially taking care to apprehend bandit leader Chiang Kai-shek. After great armies surround Nanking, Li Tsung-jen government will be given final opportunity to sign”. Text as follows:
“Chairman Mao Tse-tung [and] Commander in Chief Chu Teh today issued order to People’s Liberation Army as follows:
“Chinese People’s Liberation Army first field army, comrades Peng Teh-huai, Chang Tsung-hsun, Chao Shou-shan; Chinese PLA second field army comrades Liu Po-cheng, Teng Hsiao-ping, Chang Chi-chun; Chinese PLA third field army comrades Chen Yi, Yao Shu-shih, Li Yu-lin; Chinese PLA fourth army comrades Lin Piao, Lo Jung-huan; Taiyuan front PLA comrades Hsu Hsiang-chien, Chou Shih-ti, Lo Jui-ching; whole body commanding officers and fighting men of all field armies; PLA comrades of all guerilla areas in south:
“Projected domestic peace agreement coming from long period negotiation between Chinese Communist Party delegation and Nanking [Page 260] Kmt delegation has been rejected by Nanking Kmt Government. Responsible officials of Nanking Kmt Government reject this domestic peace agreement because they still follow American imperialists and Kmt bandit commander Chiang Kai-shek’s orders with aim preventing advance matter Chinese people’s liberation with aim preventing use of peaceful methods for settling domestic problems.
“Projected domestic peace agreement comprising 8 articles and 24 clauses coming from negotiations between two sides showed generous handling of question war criminals and generous handling in respect to officers and troops Kmt armies and workers of Kmt Government and satisfactorily resolved all other problems, not without regard to interest of race and interest of people. Rejection of this agreement then shows Kmt reactionary clique has decided to launch their anti-revolutionary struggle to the end. Rejection of this agreement then shows Kmt reactionary clique in proposing January 1 of this year peace negotiations planned no more than to check PLA from advancing forward in order facilitate reactionary clique obtaining breathing spell and afterwards come rolling back in new advance to annihilate revolutionary influence. Rejection of this agreement then show[s] Nanking Li Tsung-jen government in stating they accepted 8 piece [peace] points of CCP as basis for negotiations was entirely false because if they recognize punishment of war criminals and use of democratic principles for reorganization of all Kmt reactionary troops and take over of all authority of Nanking Government and all appertaining to governmental strata, and all other basic articles, it is without reason to reject all these concrete procedures based upon the several basic points and moreover most generous. In these circumstances we order you:
- “(1) Bravely to advance and strongly, definitively, cleanly to wipe out entirely all that Kmt reactionary clique which dares to resist inside Chinese territory, to liberate people of whole country, to protect sovereign independence and integrity of Chinese territory.
- “(2) Bravely to advance, capture all evil and unrepentant war criminals without regard to where they flee and all must be captured and brought to account and punishment in accordance with law [and] special care should be taken to apprehend bandit leader Chiang Kai-shek.
- “(3) To proclaim the final revised text of domestic peace agreement toward any Kmt local government and local military organs. As regards all who desire to stop warfare and use peaceful methods of settlement, you may in general accord with this final revised text at once sign with them a local agreement.
- “(4) After PLA has surrounded Nanking in [if?] Nanking Li Tsung-jen government has not dispersed and desires sign domestic peace agreement, we are willing once more to give that government opportunity to sign.
“Chinese People’s Revolutionary Military Affairs Committee Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Chinese People’s Liberation Army Commander in Chief Chu Teh, April 21, 1949.”
To note: An extra states that final revised text of peace negotiation will be published tomorrow in total.
[Page 261]Sent Department 678, Nanking 426, OffEmb Canton, Shanghai 465. By mail to Tientsin.