Additional Points for the Negotiations
with the Guomindang
(October 29, 1945)
To C and D, from A and B1 on the 29th:
	 1.	 We agree on the measures described in the telegram of [October] 26.2
	 2.	 Except for the cities of Beiping, Tianjin, and Qingdao, the Guomindang
troops must not be quartered on the eight railways (or twelve railways, if
adding the Rehe, Cang-Shi, Bai-Jin, and Dao-Qing railways). At least one
unit of the Eighth Route Army must be stationed in the cities of Beiping,
Tianjin, and Qingdao.
	 3.	 End the civil war immediately and withdraw the attacking armies from all areas.
	 4.	 Carry out Sun Yatsen’s policies of popular elections and local self-government in the Northeast, North China, northern Jiangsu, and northern Anhui,
as well as in the border areas. It is forbidden to appoint personnel.
	 5.	 Meanwhile, please explain to all circles that the government’s so-called
peace and democracy are a complete fraud. In reality, they have already
launched a nationwide civil war. The Double Tenth Agreement3 is a mere
scrap of paper. The purpose of the government’s urgent desire to convene a
political conference is to force all parties to accept the old delegates and to
arrange for a grand ceremony of induction.


Our source for this text is Mao Zedong wenji, Vol. 4, pp. 51–52, where it is reproduced
from Mao’s handwritten manuscript.



--- Notes



1.  This is a telegram from the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
(referred to here as A and B) to the Chinese Communist delegation in Chongqing (referred
to here as C and D).



2.  The telegram from Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei stated that in an effort to avoid
civil war, they had recommended to the Guomindang four temporary measures: (1) To
immediately cease all military offensives. (2) To immediately cease all deployments by
the Guomindang army into the Liberated Areas. (3) To restore the railways to their normal
conditions and not to station troops along rail lines (apart from those in the cities). (4) For
the Guomindang not to move troops on eight railways (the Ping-Sui, Tong-Pu, Zheng-Tai,
the eastern portion of the Long-Hai, the northern portion of the Ping-Han, Jin-Pu, Jiao-Ji,
and Bei-Ning railways).



3.  See previous documents, in particular “The Current Situation and the Tasks for the
Next Six Months,” October 20, 1945, in this volume.


DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-58