1947-01-08 - 1947-01-29

Marshall Mission collapses

Nanjing and Beiping negotiation circuit1947-01 · U.S. mediation effectively ends, moving the civil war toward military decision

Other events in this phase

Failed Coalition11
  1. Political Consultative Conference
  2. Executive Headquarters at Peiping
  3. KMT-CCP army reorganization agreement
  4. Army reorganization agreement breaks down in the field
  5. Marshall field inspection and liaison
  6. Marshall Mission collapsesCurrent record
  7. Wedemeyer Mission
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Media

Zhang Qun, George Marshall and Zhou Enlai, 1946Visual recordZhang Qun, George Marshall and Zhou Enlai, 1946A single frame of Nationalist, U.S., and Communist representatives, showing the mission’s tripartite mediation structure.George Marshall in Hankou, 1946Visual recordGeorge Marshall in Hankou, 1946Marshall’s Hankou visit illustrates that the mediation mission combined negotiations with field inspection and military liaison work.

Source Trail

ReferenceBritannica · The tide turns, 1947-48Open sourceDiplomatic HistoryOffice of the Historian · The Chinese Revolution of 1949Open source