Chapter 24 Treatment of captured officers and soldiers

(November 3, 1945) Liu, Deng, Bo, Zhang, Li [1]: Xujiang electricity learned. (1) It is correct to give preferential treatment to officers of the Northwest Faction, but do not let them go.If they are willing to issue declarations and speeches against civil war and in favor of peace, they should be encouraged. (2) In principle, all captured officers and soldiers shall be housed and educated in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee, and reactionaries shall be monitored and not released. Only individual persons may be considered for release when necessary. (3) Pay great attention to searching for Chiang Kai-shek's "Bandit Suppression" documents (such as "Bandit Suppression Handbook" [2], etc.) and publish them publicly, especially pay attention to materials colluding with the United States to fight the civil war.

Military Commission Xu Jiang Hai Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Liu, Deng, Bo, Zhang, and Li refer to Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Bo Yibo, Zhang Jichun, and Li Da, who were respectively the commander, political commissar, first deputy political commissar, and second deputy political commissar of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region He is also Director of the Political Department and Chief of Staff. [2] "Handbook for Suppressing Bandits" is a booklet compiled by Chiang Kai-shek in 1933, which specifically describes the methods of attacking the Red Army and revolutionary base areas.After the end of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, Chiang Kai-shek reprinted this pamphlet and distributed it to Kuomintang officers, and issued a secret order to start a civil war.