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...trucemakers-Government General Chang Chun, Communist General Chou Enlai, U.S. General of the Army George Catlett Marshall-had agreed on three points: 1) all hostilities would cease immediately; 2) all troop movements would also cease, except in Manchuria and south of the Yangtze, where Government sovereignty is unchallenged; 3) all lines of communications would be cleared. A commission composed of Government, Communist and U.S. representatives promptly left for Peiping to execute the agreement...
...days things went with unexpected smoothness. Then, suddenly, the road got bumpy. General Chang insisted that the Government must occupy Communist-claimed Jehol and Chahar provinces, on the flank of the overland route between North China and Manchuria. General Chou sharply dissented. Plainly upset, he stalked out. "Regrettable!" he muttered...
Three generals were charged with the trucemaking: the Central Government's forceful, realistic Chang Chun, Governor of Szechwan Province and a leader of the progressive Political Science Group; the Communists' able, amiable Chou Enlai, veteran revolutionist and leader of Yenan's unity delegation in Chungking; and, sitting as consultant between the two Chinese, the U.S.'s Special Envoy George Cattlett Marshall...
Acceptance. The Communists asked Yenan for instructions, conferred with General Marshall. After two days they accepted in general the Government plan as a basis for truce negotiation. This week Generals Chang, Chou and Marshall got down to cases...
...dropped leaflets, that . . . such firing must be stopped. . . . Should firing . . . continue, you are authorized to take appropriate military measures. Your warning and action should include necessary measures to ensure the safety of innocent persons." General Wedemeyer sent copies of his order to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and to General Chou Enlai, chief Communist representative in Chungking...