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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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In Chungking, China, on Feb. 25, an agreement was signed merging government and Communist forces into a national Chinese army, witnessed by U.S. envoy General George Marshall. It reduces government troops to 90 divisions and Communist to 18 within 18 months, supervised by Peiping headquarters.
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The agreement provides for reduction of Government forces to 90 divisions and Communist troops to 18 divisions within 18 months. The executive headquarters at Peiping, which is implementing the truce in China's civil war, is charged with supervising terms of the reorganization.
Signing the document were General Chang Chih-chung, for the Government and General Chou En-lai, Communist official. The reorganization program was formulated at a special military conference at Nanking.
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Chungking, China
Event Date
Feb. 25
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agreement provides for reduction of government forces to 90 divisions and communist troops to 18 divisions within 18 months; executive headquarters at peiping to supervise reorganization terms
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Agreement merging government and Communist forces into one national Chinese army signed at ceremony witnessed by General George Marshall, special United States envoy and adviser to army reorganization committee; signing by General Chang Chih-chung for Government and General Chou En-lai for Communists; program formulated at special military conference at Nanking