Chapter 7 Actively seek and cooperate with the centrists who can be won over

(January 14, 1948) Ye Luo[1] transferred to the Hong Kong Branch Bureau and the Shanghai Bureau, and reported to the Central Working Committee, each bureau, and the Handan Bureau, and transferred to Chengzhi[2]: (1) When applying the principle of unitary sense indication [3], attention should be paid to flexibility. (2) To the restoration activities of the Democratic League[4], to Li Jishen[5] and other anti-Chiang factions of the Kuomintang, to Feng Yuxiang in the United States[6], and to all centrists that can be won over, no matter how much vacillation and mistakes are contained in their words and actions We should adopt an attitude of actively fighting for and cooperating with them, and take a verbal and well-intentioned attitude towards their mistakes and shortcomings.

(3) Publicly criticize and expose the open and serious reactionary tendencies of certain middle-class right-wing elements who have illusions about U.S. imperialism and the Kuomintang reactionaries, oppose the people's democratic revolution, and oppose the Communist Party in newspapers and periodicals. Be analytical, be persuasive, and be reasonable. (4) When criticizing any erroneous views of the centrists that should be won over in newspapers and periodicals, we must pay special attention to the persuasiveness of the articles. (5) To adopt a united attitude towards Wallace[7] and his faction.

Zhong Zihan Printed from transcripts kept at the Central Archives. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Ye, refers to Ye Jianying (1897-1986), a native of Meixian, Guangdong, who was then Secretary of the Rear Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.Luo, refers to Luo Mai, that is, Li Weihan (1896-1984), a native of Changsha, Hunan, who was then the deputy director of the Urban Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. [2] Chengzhi, namely Liao Chengzhi (1908-1983), was born in Huiyang, Guangdong.At that time, he was the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

[3] Refers to the instructions issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on October 27, 1947 to the bureaus, sub-bureaus and front committees of the field armies.The instructions estimated several forms of the process of the overthrow of Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary ruling clique, analyzed the possible positions and attitudes of various classes and parties in the country under such circumstances, and proposed and stipulated the strategies and principles that our party should adopt. [4] In October 1947, the Kuomintang government declared the China Democratic League an "illegal organization", and the China Democratic League headquarters was forced to disband.In January 1948, Shen Junru, the leader of the Democratic League, held the Third Plenary Session of the First Central Committee of the Democratic League in Hong Kong, and decided to rebuild the leadership of the Democratic League and resume activities. The CCP and other democratic parties work hand in hand.See note [3] on page 14 of this volume.

[5] Li Jishen (1885-1959), a native of Cangwu, Guangxi.At that time, he was the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. [6] Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), a native of Chao County, Anhui (now Chaohu City).At that time, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang and the chairman of the Central Political Committee. He organized the "China League for Peace and Democracy in the United States" in the United States and opposed the United States' aid to Chiang Kai-shek in fighting the civil war.

[7] Wallace (1888-1965), American political activist.From 1941 to 1945, he served as the Vice President of the United States.In June 1944, he visited China, advocating that the Kuomintang should improve its relationship with the Communist Party, and facilitated the US military observation team to go to Yan'an.