Chapter 88 Reply to Fu Zuoyi's telegram[1]

(April 2, 1949) General Fu Zuoyi: Read it on April 1st.The policy of launching a counter-revolutionary civil war by the reactionary Nanking Kuomintang government is completely wrong.This government must be responsible for the catastrophe that the Chinese people have suffered over the years as a result of this counter-revolutionary civil war.However, the civil and military officials of the reactionary Kuomintang government who implement this policy, as long as they recognize right from wrong, come to repentance, out of sincerity, and show factual evidence, which is conducive to the advancement of the cause of people's liberation and the peaceful solution of domestic problems, No matter who you are, we welcome you.The peaceful settlement of the Beiping issue has been rewarded by your general.Your general wishes to stand on the side of the people in the future and participate in the construction of new democracy. We think this is very good and should be welcomed.

Mao Zedong April 2, 1949 Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Fu Zuoyi, formerly the commander-in-chief of the North China "Bandit Suppression" Headquarters of the Kuomintang Army.On January 21, 1949, he reached the "Agreement on the Peaceful Settlement of the Peking Question" with the People's Liberation Army, and led his troops to accept peaceful reorganization.On April 1, 1949, Fu Zuoyi sent a telegram to the whole country, expressing his political stance of supporting the leadership of the Communist Party of China, implementing new democracy, and peacefully building a new China.