Rat der Volksbeauftragten
There they remained, when Ebert accepted mediation by those of the USPD who had left the "Council of the People's Deputies" in late December. Ebert had just one condition: the occupation of the newspapers must end. On 7 January, the revolutionary committee declined. Whilst negotiations continued, Ebert prepared for a military response. He made Gustav Noske, since the withdrawal of the USPD a member of the "Rat der Volksbeauftragten", supreme commander of the "Freikorps" and rallied the regular troops of the Berlin area to his cause.