Amnesty 1959

After the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong, who was busy with his schedule, began to pay attention to the situation of the Kuomintang war criminals in custody. Based on opinions from all parties, Mao Zedong determined the overall policy for war criminals: no trial, no sentence, no killing, providing humanitarian treatment, organizing political studies and participating in labor reform, and when the time is ripe, he will propose treatment measures as appropriate. Under the specific organization of the Ministry of Public Security, war criminals management offices were established in various places, among which the Gongdelin Management Office in Beijing was the largest. The Kuomintang war criminals originally imprisoned in North China and other places were gradually gathered at the Gongdelin Management Center. Wang Yingguang was ordered to rush to the Ministry of Public Security to report, and he met many "old friends." There are the upright Lieutenant General of the National Army Chen Ruizhang, the suspicious and fickle Lieutenant General of the North China Operations Division of the National Defense Bureau of Defense Liu Anguo; the Major General of the Kuomintang Army Ye Lisan who deliberately causes trouble and only wants a quick death, and the superstitious and paranoid Lieutenant General of the Kuomintang Army Corps Commander Cai Shouyuan and others. These former senior KMT generals were worried about being tried and were obsessed with "Chiang Kai-shek's counterattack on the mainland", so they showed different states. There are those who are full of "loyalty, filial piety, justice" and "if you don't succeed, you will be benevolent" and commit suicide, go on a hunger strike, or wait for an opportunity to escape; some are worried about being retaliated by the other party, crying bitterly, and making ugly appearances; some after being captured, they begin to try their best to please the People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers, and are eager to perform meritorious services; some participate