Luo Ruiqing, Minister of Public Security, reported the situation of war criminals to President Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou. Chairman Mao advocated that the views of the new government should be publicly told to them, so that they could go through the process from being forced to being conscious. When the war criminals were doing morning exercises, the prison warden Liu Faxian Du's legs were shaking, and he was immediately sent to the hospital for examination and treatment. The news of the outbreak of the Korean War caused a shock in the hearts of war criminals. They estimated the development of the war with their own military experience. The court came and brought the divorce agreement of the wife of Zheng Tinglai, the commander of the 96th Kuomintang Army. Zheng wanted to sign, but was stopped by Director Liu, who proposed to postpone his work for a few days. Yang Botao used to be the director of the US Ordnance Equipment Department, and he was very clear about the equipment and performance of the US military. He wanted to make a report to help our volunteers and got Du's support. Prisoners of war have undergone labor reform in prison, and their mood has become more comfortable and their mental outlook has changed. Director Li pointed out in historical materials that Song Xilian, director of the Hubei appeasement office of the Kuomintang, should truthfully explain the murder of Qu Qiubai; It is pointed out that Du's materials lack the history of Kunlun Pass Campaign. Huang Wei's historical materials are about the design scheme of perpetual motion machine, but the oral materials can't see that with the passage of time, a large number of senior Kuomintang war criminals such as Du, Huang Wei and Qiu Hangxiang experienced the sincere and broad feelings of the people and witnessed the great achievements of New China. At last, they completely laid down their weapons in their minds and changed from resisting reform to consciously accepting reform.
1959 12.4 Judge announced the first batch of pardoned war criminals. The released Du and others were received by Premier the State Council, Foreign Minister Chen Yi and Marshal Montgomery in the Great Hall of the People. He said with emotion: "I finally understand that my whole army was wiped out, shortening the history of national suffering." Shortly thereafter, the second and third batch of war criminals were pardoned one after another and became ordinary citizens of People's Republic of China (PRC), starting a new life.