To all levels of committees of the Communist Party of China, all commanders of troops in the Liberated Areas of China, and comrades of all levels of government:

The representatives of our Party and the representatives of the Nationalist Government have already reached an agreement on the measures, order, and declaration for the cessation of domestic military conflict, which has been announced and placed on record today. All troops under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, including regular forces, militia, irregular forces, and guerrilla units, as well as all levels of government in the Liberated Areas and all levels of committees of the Communist Party, must earnestly and strictly abide by it without fail. The efforts made by the entire Chinese people to establish a state of domestic peace after defeating the Japanese aggressors have now achieved an important result. A new stage of peace and democracy in China is about to begin from this point. It is hoped that all comrades of our Party will cooperate closely with the entire nation and continue to strive for the consolidation of domestic peace, the realization of democratic reform, and the establishment of an independent, free, prosperous, and strong new China.

Mao Zedong
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
The tenth day of the first month of the thirty-fifth year of the Republic of China