The Double Tenth Agreement, formally known as the Summary of Conversations Between the Representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, was an agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, concluded on 10 October 1945 (the Double Ten Day of the Republic of China) after 43 days of negotiations. Mao Zedong and United States Ambassador to China Patrick J. Hurley flew together to Chongqing on 27 August 1945 to begin the negotiations. The outcome was that the CPC acknowledged the KMT as the legal government, while the KMT in return recognised the CPC as a legitimate opposition party. The Battle of Shangdang, which began on 10 September, came to an end on 12 October as a result of the announcement of the agreement.
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