Chapter 68 Two middle grounds[1]

(September 1963, January and July 1964) one What everyone is worried about is the situation, especially the international situation.Some comrades are worried that the cooperation between the Soviet Union and the United States will not benefit us.I always believe what Wang Xifeng said, "There are great difficulties"[2].Now, both the United States and the Soviet Union are facing difficulties.Rost, chairman of the U.S. Policy Council, once published an article in which the keynote was that both the United States and the Soviet Union had encountered many difficulties, which could not be resolved.I don't know this person either, and he agrees with some of my ideas, almost.The United States has run into snags everywhere, both domestically and internationally, and so has Khrushchev[3].Don't forget this.It is still what Shang Leng Zixing said, "Insects with hundreds of legs are dead but not stiff" [4].The American "Hammer and Steel" magazine also said: The United States is like a big empty tree, the inside has been eaten away by insects, and the outside is still full of branches and leaves.

I think there are two in the middle, one is Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and the other is Europe.Japan and Canada are dissatisfied with the United States.Represented by Charles de Gaulle[5], there is a six-nation common market[6], all of which are powerful capitalist countries.Japan in the east is a powerful capitalist country, and it is not satisfied with the United States, nor is it satisfied with the Soviet Union.Eastern European countries are so satisfied with Khrushchev of the Soviet Union? I don't believe it.The situation is still developing and contradictions are still being exposed.The French have fought for independence in the past few years, but not to the extent they are today.The contradictions between the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries also developed significantly, and the relationship was very tense.Don't believe in easing the international situation.It is not so easy for the Soviet Union and the United States to reach an agreement.Many countries in the Atlantic will not agree with the United States.De Gaulle went around saying that France is not a satellite country, they are a struggle for control and anti-control.Khrushchev said that we stood on the same line with de Gaulle, but in fact we had never met de Gaulle.Regardless of whether we are at home or abroad, we mainly rely on the people, not the leaders of major countries.Rely on the people to be reliable.

(September 28, 1963) two We have diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and we are two countries in the socialist camp. However, the relationship between China and the Soviet Union is not as good as the relationship between China and the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, nor the relationship between China and the Ikeda[7] faction. it is good.This is worth thinking about for all of us. What is the reason? It is because the United States and the Soviet Union have nuclear weapons and want to rule the world, while the Liberal Democratic Party is controlled by the United States.In terms of international status, Japan ranks second with the United States and Subi.Countries that rank second like this include Britain, France, West Germany, and Italy.We still have work to do.Japanese monopoly capital is not so united with the United States.Britain is better than the United States, but it is not so united.France annoyed America.The status of West Germany has become more important. In this way, it is bound to confront the United States.

Therefore, when it comes to the middle ground, there are two parts: one part refers to the vast economically backward countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and the other part refers to the imperialist countries represented by Europe and the developed capitalist countries.Both parts are opposed to American control.In the countries of Eastern Europe there was the problem of opposition to Soviet control.This situation seems relatively obvious. (January 5, 1964) three The United States has extended its hand to our entire Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, and its hand has been stretched too far.The Seventh Fleet stationed here is the largest fleet in the United States.The United States has twelve aircraft carriers, and the Seventh Fleet accounts for half of them—six.It also has a Sixth Fleet based in the Mediterranean.When we fired artillery at Kinmen in 1958, the Americans panicked and moved part of the Sixth Fleet eastward.The United States controls Europe, Canada, and all of Latin America except Cuba.Now it has reached out to Africa, fighting in the Congo.

People throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America are against U.S. imperialism.There are also many people in Europe, North America and Oceania who oppose U.S. imperialism.Some imperialists also opposed US imperialism, as evidenced by de Gaulle's opposition to the US.We now put forward such a view that there are two intermediate zones: Asia, Africa, and Latin America are the first intermediate zone; Europe, North America, Canada, and Oceania are the second intermediate zone.Japan also belongs to the second middle ground.Japan's monopoly capital is dissatisfied with the United States, and now some people are openly opposed to the United States; others rely on the United States, but I think that as time goes by, many of these people in Japan will also ride on their heads The United States drove away.

(July 10, 1964) According to the "Mao Zedong Diplomatic Anthology" published by Central Literature Publishing House and World Knowledge Publishing House in 1994, the original title was "There Are Two in the Middle Ground". -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] The first part of this article is an excerpt of Mao Zedong's speech at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.The second part of this article is an excerpt of the conversation between Mao Zedong and Ting Tao, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party.The third part of this article is an excerpt of the conversation between Mao Zedong and the Japanese Socialist Party Sasaki Sarazo, Kuroda Toshio, and Osaku Kanemitsu.

[2] See the sixth chapter. [3] Khrushchev was the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union at that time. [4] See the second chapter. [5] Charles de Gaulle, then President of France. [6] The six-country common market, namely the European common market, is an international monopoly alliance formed in January 1958 by six countries including France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. [7] Ikeda refers to Hayato Ikeda, who was then the president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the prime minister of the cabinet.

[8] Kinmen shooting, see note [2] on page 23 of this volume.