Chapter 42 Strategies to be adopted for centrist activities against Chiang Kai-shek[1]

(August 1, 1948) The Shanghai Bureau, the Hong Kong Branch Bureau, and reported to Kejian and Hannian [2]: According to a telegram from Kejian Wuxiao[3], Li Jishen and Feng Yuxiang[4] wanted to use the U.S. State Department and Situ[5] to urge Chiang to step down, put Li and Feng in charge, and ordered the national army[6] to cease fighting on the spot, and those who disobeyed orders should be resolved by force .It is said that Li feared that our Hong Kong personnel would be naive and would not tell the truth, so he sent someone to tell Kejian to report the matter to the central government. Kejian said that our Hong Kong personnel are very good and should cooperate with everyone.In another news, Feng will return to Hong Kong.According to reports, Li Zeng sent Peng Zexiang[7] to see Situ and demanded to overthrow Chiang, but Situ did not agree.According to the policy of the U.S. State Department, it still mainly supports Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communism. At the same time, he is dissatisfied with Chiang's incompetence and constant defeat.In order to force Chiang to give up more power, to prepare for uniting the reactionary ruling factions when Chiang’s army collapses further, and attempting to unite some middle-class elements to fight against the Communist Party, various conspiracy activities are being carried out, including the attempt to test our party’s peace talks. possibility.When Chiang Kai-shek was really unable to rule, he planned to replace Chiang Kai-shek with Li Zongren, He Yingqin[8] and others.At this time, they hope to negotiate a truce with our party in order to gain breathing time, regroup the troops, and then make a comeback to eliminate the revolutionary forces.On the point of preparing to replace Chiang with Li and He, Chiang and his cronies want to resist. The rumors of harmony and Weng Wenhao's anti-communist speeches in the areas of Ping, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Nanjing in recent days are all of this kind of resistance. Performance.We should expose the conspiracies of the US imperialists, but we should use the splits within the reactionary regime and the movement to overthrow Chiang to promote greater splits among them.We should not oppose the activities of the centrists such as Li Jishen and Feng Yuxiang to overthrow Chiang without analysis. Instead, we should tell them that the US emperor and reactionary groups such as Li Zongren and He Yingqin are unreliable. It is beneficial to the development of the United States, rather than having any illusions about the US emperor, Li Zongren, He Yingqin, etc.On the contrary, the conspiracy of US imperialism and reactionaries should be exposed among the people at any time, so as not to be fooled.I hope you understand the above strategy, keep close contact with Li Jishen, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Bojun, Tan Pingshan[10] and other centrist anti-Chiang elements, respect them, and give them more sincere explanations; win them over and prevent them from running into the US imperialists. Go in the trap.It is essential.

central Weidong Printed from originals kept at the Central Archives. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is a telegram from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the Shanghai Bureau and the Hong Kong Branch drafted by Zhou Enlai and revised by Mao Zedong. [2] Kejian, that is, Wu Kejian (1900-1986), was born in Pingjiang, Hunan.Hannian, that is, Pan Hannian.At that time, they were responsible for the united front work and intelligence work sent by the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai and Hong Kong respectively.

[3] Wu Xiao, that is, July 17th. [4] Li Jishen, then Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.Feng Yuxiang, then member of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee and Chairman of the Central Political Committee, departed from the United States at the end of July 1948 to return to China to participate in the New Political Consultative Conference. On the way, a ship caught fire and died on September 1. [5] Situ, that is, Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), an American born in China.He was the U.S. ambassador to China at the time.

[6] Refers to the Kuomintang army. [7] Peng Zexiang (1899-1970), born in Yueyang, Hunan.At that time, he was helping Li Ji deep in his work. [8] Li Zongren (1891-1969), a native of Guilin, Guangxi, was the vice president of the Kuomintang government at that time.He Yingqin (1890-1987), born in Xingyi, Guizhou, was the Minister of National Defense of the Kuomintang government at that time. [9] Weng Wenhao (1889-1971), a native of Yin County, Zhejiang.At that time, he was the president of the Executive Yuan of the Kuomintang government. [10] Zhang Bojun, then Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League.Tan Pingshan was then a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang and a member of the Central Standing Committee of the Comrades of the Three People's Principles.