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Basis for Agreement
- 1.
- The Government of China and the Chinese Communist Party will work together for the unification of all military forces in China for the immediate defeat of Japan and the reconstruction of China.
- 2.
- The Chinese Communist forces will observe and carry out the orders of the Central Government and its National Military Council.
- 3.
- The Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist Party will support the principles of Sun-Yat-Sen for the establishment in China of a government of the people, for the people and by the people. Both parties will pursue policies designed to promote the progress and development of democratic processes in government.
- 4.
- There will be but one national government and one army in China. All the officers and all soldiers in the Communist forces when reorganized by the Central Government will receive the same pay and allowances in regards to their respective ranks as the National forces and all components will receive equal treatment in the allocation of munitions and supplies.
- 5.
- The Government of China recognizes and will legalize the Chinese Communist Party as a political party. All political parties in China will be given legal status.
- General Hurley’s draft of October 28 as corrected by Wang Shih-chieh and General Chang Chih-chung on November 7.↩