It was on August 10, 1945, that the first news of Japan’s proposal of surrender reached Yenan. On that day Chu Ten, commander of the Chinese Communist forces, declared that “The Communist army has the authority to enter and enforce military administration in all cities and centers of communication occupied by the Japanese army in order to restore order” and embarked on disarming the Japanese troops. Accordingly, the headquarter of the Korean Independence League appealed to “all Korean soldiers” within the Japanese army to immediately surrender to nearby units of the Chinese Communist Eighth Route or New Fourth Army and help the Chinese Communist forces to “restore your lost national territory” and on the other hand, asked the Korean people residing in Manchuria to obstruct the Japanese troops and help the Chinese Communist army.