1945-10-10 - 1945-10-20

Double Tenth Agreement

Chongqing1945-10-10 · political agreement fails to halt Nationalist-Communist military escalation

Other events in this phase

Failed Coalition11
  1. Chongqing negotiations
  2. Double Tenth AgreementCurrent record
  3. Marshall Mission to China
  4. Cease-fire order and Political Consultative Conference
  5. Political Consultative Conference
  6. Executive Headquarters at Peiping
  7. KMT-CCP army reorganization agreement
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Agreement and limits

The Double Tenth Agreement endorsed principles such as peaceful reconstruction, political democratization, and nationalization of armies, but it did not resolve territorial control or force deployment. It created political language without a strong mechanism to halt competition on the ground.

The Marshall Mission and Political Consultative Conference followed, yet the Chongqing agreement mostly delayed the descent into full civil war. In the archive it functions as both the end of the talks and the starting point of a failed coalition design.

Media

Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing, September 1945Visual recordMao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing, September 1945Photograph from the Chongqing talks behind the Double Tenth Agreement, useful for reading the gap between symbolic accord and military escalation.

Source Trail

SourceUK National Archives · The Chinese Civil WarOpen sourceVisual RecordWikimedia Commons · 1945 Mao and Chiang photo file recordOpen source