Chapter 22 Northeast China and other places must be governed by the people's self-government[1]

(November 3, 1945) A B Xujiang to Bing Ding: Telegram yesterday.The current situation is favorable to me, and I must achieve the following goals: North China, Northeast China, Northern Jiangsu, Northern Anhui and the border areas are all under the autonomy of the people (Sun Yat-sen advocated), only Ping, Tianjin, and Qinghai [2] can be temporarily stationed in a small central government. The army will also have to withdraw in the future.In other places, those who have arrived must withdraw from the central army, and those who have not arrived must stop advancing; Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi[3] must be removed from office, and the provincial governments of all provinces should be elected by the people; North China and Northeast China should set up political committees to manage the provinces in a unified manner, and the central government must not send officials against the principle of self-government , Those who have already dispatched must cancel.The Northeast issue should be raised now.The enemy and puppet surrenders in all parts of North China belong to us. After the enemy and puppet surrender Jiang Jun withdraws, the traffic of all roads in North China will be restored by the elected political committee. At present, it cannot be restored. Dear, after these problems are resolved, we will be responsible for recovery, and now it is absolutely impossible.It should be publicly admitted that destroying the railway is absolutely necessary for accepting the surrender, eradicating the counterfeiters, and stopping the civil war, and there is nothing wrong with it.In addition, Jiang's army invaded and occupied the counties and had to withdraw.Please warn Jiang Fang that if all parts of North China are surrendered and not returned to us, we will absolutely not agree.The Northeast is protected by the Northeast People's Autonomous Army, and the Central Army is not allowed to enter, otherwise it will cause civil war, and it will be responsible for it.

Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is a telegram from the CPC Central Committee to the CPC delegation in Chongqing. [2] Qing refers to Qingdao City. [3] Yan Xishan was then the commander-in-chief of the Second Theater of the Kuomintang Army.Fu Zuoyi was then the Commander-in-Chief of the 11th War Zone of the Kuomintang Army.