Chongqing Christian Association for the Promotion of Peace, Gentlemen of the Peace Prayer Assembly,

Your telegram of the 16th has been received and noted. We deeply admire your devotion to national affairs and your appeal for peace. Our Party has always advocated resolving all domestic disputes through peace and unity, and our Party’s delegation in Nanjing has already proposed that both sides issue explicit orders for a comprehensive, long-term, and unconditional ceasefire. However, a handful of warmongers still cling to the illusion of a military solution, leaving the danger of civil war ever present. We hope that we may continue to work together to avert the scourge of war, for the fate of the nation and the livelihood of the people truly depend upon it.

Mao Zedong
With respectful reply
Wei (5th)