To the gentlemen of the Third Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Zhongguo Guomindang:

The peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident is celebrated by the whole country. That the policy of peaceful unification and united resistance against foreign aggression can now be realized is truly a blessing for the state and the nation. At this moment, when the Japanese bandits are rampant and the survival of the Chinese nation hangs by a thread, our Party deeply hopes that your Party's Third Plenary Session, based on this policy, will establish the following points as national policy: (1) Cease all civil wars and concentrate the nation's strength to jointly face the foreign threat; (2) Grant freedom of speech, assembly, and association, and release all political prisoners; (3) Convene a conference of representatives from all parties, all factions, all circles, and all armies to concentrate the nation's talents for joint national salvation; (4) Swiftly complete all preparatory work for the war of resistance against Japan; (5) Improve the livelihood of the people. If your Party's Third Plenary Session can resolutely and decisively establish this as national policy, then our Party, to show its sincerity in uniting to resist foreign aggression, is willing to give your Party's Third Plenary Session the following guarantees: (1) To cease the policy of armed insurrection to overthrow the National Government throughout the country; (2) The Soviet Government will be renamed the Special Region Government of the Republic of China, and the Red Army will be renamed the National Revolutionary Army, directly under the guidance of the Nanjing Central Government and its Military Commission; (3) To implement a thorough democratic system of universal suffrage within the area of the Special Region Government; (4) To cease the policy of confiscating the land of landlords and to resolutely carry out the common program of the Anti-Japanese National United Front. The national crisis is more pressing by the day; time and tide wait for no man. Our Party's loyalty to the country can be sworn by the heavens. You gentlemen, with your ardent devotion to the country, will surely be able to grant our Party's request, so that the united front of the entire nation for resisting foreign aggression and for national salvation may henceforth be realized. We are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor, all sons and daughters of the Chinese nation. With the national crisis at hand, we must cast aside all prejudices, cooperate intimately, and jointly advance toward the great future of the final liberation of the Chinese nation. We respectfully send this telegram and await your enlightened instruction. And we extend a national revolutionary salute!

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
February 10