On this day, 81 years ago, September 6, 1944 (July 19, 1944, the lunar calendar), Hurley went to China to mediate relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. In the 1944 Pacific War, Japan's defeat was a foregone conclusion. The U.S. government created favorable conditions for post-war control of Asia and the Pacific, and quickly supported the Kuomintang government headed by Chiang Kai-shek, striving to unify China's politics and military under Chiang Kai-shek's command. On September 6, Major General Hurley, a former U.S. Secretary of the War, visited China as a special envoy of the U.S. President. On November 7, Hurley and Colonel Bauret arrived in Yan 'an and held talks with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De the next day. Hurley claimed that Chiang Kai-shek agreed to an American mediation delegation to promote democracy and speed up the process of defeating Japan by "unifying China's military power." To this end, Chiang was prepared to recognize the legal status of the Communist Party and the minority parties and allow the Communist Party to participate in military commissions in certain forms. He read out the document "For the Basis of the Agreement" he had drafted. On the 9th, the Communist Party of China proposed a draft agreement, which was revised at Hurley's suggestion and designated as the "Basic Agreement between the Communist Party of China and the Government of China." The agreement has five articles, including the joint work of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to unify all military forces in China and accelerate the defeat of Japan and the reconstruction of China; Reorganize the National Government into a joint National Government that includes representatives of all anti-Japanese parties and non-party politicians, and reorganize the Military Commission into a joint military committee composed of representatives of all anti-Japanese troops; implement policies to promote progress and democracy such as freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association; and unite the National Government to recognize the legal status of the Kuomintang, the Communist Party and all anti-Japanese parties. On the 10th, Mao Zedong and Hurley signed the text in duplicate. That afternoon, Zhou Enlai, Hurley and Bao Ruide left Yan 'an for Chongqing. Chiang Kai-shek did not accept the Basic Agreement and formulated three additional counter-proposals. First, the National Government allowed the reorganization of the Communist Party of China's army and recognized the Communist Party of China as a legitimate political party. Second, the Communist Party of China should hand over all its troops to the Military Commission of the National Government, and the National Government should appoint generals of the Communist Party of China to participate in the Military Commission as members. 3. The goal of the National Government is a country that realizes the Three People's Principles. It was handed over to Zhou Enlai by Hurley on November 21. Zhou immediately disagreed, exposing Chiang's lack of sincerity in establishing a democratic coalition government. Negotiations continued until February 13, 1945, and Zhou returned to Yan 'an on the 16th.