Marshall Mission Files, Lot 54–D270
Memorandum by General Chou En-lai to General Marshall
Nanking, May 19, 1946.
Dear General Marshall: I received the following reports from General Yeh, Communist Commissioner of Executive Headquarters:
- 1.
- At 6.00, May 15, 1946, Government troops stationed at Yangtsun railway station on the Tientsin–Peiping line, jointly with those at Langfang station, totaling 8,000 men suddenly lay assault on Communist [Page 863] troops stationed at Antze town (116° 43′ 39° 25′) lying to the west of the railroad, and after bitter fighting occupied the town at 14.00 of same date.
- 2.
- At 9.00, May 15, 1946, a part of the Nationalist 16th Army, numbering over 1,000 men, who are stationed at Hwangtsun railway station on the Tientsin–Peiping line, suddenly attacked the Communist forces stationed at Pangkehchuang (south of Hwangtsun). The battle was still raging in the evening of that day.
- 3.
- Of same date, puppet troops stationed at Lianghsiang railway station, 25 Km due southwest of Peiping on the Peiping–Hankow line, moved toward the Communist area, and has by now reached Shangyao area on the western bank of the Yungting River.
In forwarding these reports, I request that you would wire to Executive Headquarters to take effective measures without delay, in order to check the furtherance of such warfare, and to determine as to who is guilty of violating truce.
[Signature in Chinese]
Chou
En-lai