Notice on Halting Domestic Military Conflict
(January 10, 1946)
To the Party committees at all levels of the Chinese Communist Party, commanders of all military units in the Chinese Liberated Areas, and comrades at all levels
of government:
This Party’s representatives and the representatives of the Guomindang have
reached an agreement regarding the measures, orders, and statements for halting domestic military conflict,1 and will publish the proposal today. All military
forces under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, including regular
armies, militias, irregular armies, and guerrilla units, all levels of government in
the Liberated Areas, and all levels of committees in the Chinese Communist Party
must without exception abide by it strictly and conscientiously, with no room for
error permitted.
The efforts of all of China’s people to establish domestic peace following the
victory over the Japanese invaders have today achieved major results. A new
stage of peace and democracy for China will commence henceforth. It is hoped
that all comrades throughout our Party will cooperate closely with the people
of the whole nation in continued efforts in the struggle to consolidate domestic
peace, achieve democratic revolution, and build an independent, free, rich and
powerful new China.
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong wenji, Vol. 4, pp. 88–89, where it is reproduced
from the version published in Jiefang ribao, January 11, 1946.
1.  After the Guomindang and the Chinese Communist Party signed the “Summary
of Conversations between the Representatives of the Guomindang and the Chinese Communist Party” on October 10, 1945, the CPC delegation led by Zhou Enlai continued to
negotiate with the representatives of the Guomindang government. On January 10, 1946,
both parties signed the “Order and Statement on Halting Domestic Military Conflict and
Resuming Traffic” and the “Agreement on Halting Domestic Military Conflict.”
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-91