In order to safeguard peace and democracy, Mao Zedong went on August 28, 1945, to Chongqing with Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei to negotiate with the Kuomintang government. Shown here are representatives of the Communist Party with Zhang Zhizhong, representative of the Kuomintang government, and Patrick Hurley, US ambassador to China, at the Yan'an Airport.