Chapter 27 Chen Yi[1] made contributions during the Civil War and Anti-Japanese War

(March 15, 1944) Comrade Soseki[2] transferred to the Central China Bureau and the Comrades of the Military Subcommittee: Comrade Chen Yi arrived in Yanyan and was very relieved to know the development of the work in Central China.As for the dispute between Comrades Chen and Rao, it is only of the nature of a working relationship. Before Chen left, the two comrades had discussed it face to face, and it is no longer a problem.The Central Committee fully believes that under the leadership of Comrades Chen and Rao and the comrades of the Central China Bureau and the Military Subcommittee, they will be able to work in harmony, implement the Central Committee's line, and strive for victory in the war.The dispute over the area in western Fujian during the civil war was of the nature of several individual issues, not a dispute over the general line, and it had already been correctly resolved. [3] With regard to the work in southern Anhui and southern Jiangsu during the Anti-Japanese War, Comrade Chen Yi followed the central line and cannot be generalized with Comrade Xiang Ying[4].Whether during the civil war or the Anti-Japanese War, Comrade Chen Yi made contributions and did not make mistakes in line.If any comrades are unclear about the above two points, please ask Comrade Soseki to explain.

Mao Zedong Yin delete Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Chen Yi, acting commander of the New Fourth Army at the time, arrived in Yan'an on March 7, 1944, preparing to attend the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China. [2] Shushi, that is, Rao Shushi, was the acting secretary of the Central China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the acting political commissar of the New Fourth Army. [3] On June 22, 1929, the Seventh Congress of the Fourth Red Army of the Communist Party of China was held in Longyan, Fujian, and Chen Yi presided over the meeting.The meeting had debates on important issues such as the party's leadership of the Red Army, the ideological and political work of the Red Army, rural base areas, and the tasks of the Red Army.Mao Zedong's correct proposition was not accepted by the meeting.After the meeting, Mao Zedong left the main leadership post of the Fourth Red Army.In September of the same year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued an instruction letter to the Front Committee of the Fourth Red Army based on Chen Yi's report on the situation within the Party of the Fourth Red Army, affirming Mao Zedong's correct proposition and resuming Mao Zedong's post as Secretary of the Front Committee.

[4] Xiang Ying (1898-1941), a native of Wuchang, Hubei.After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as Secretary of the Southeast Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the New Fourth Army Branch of the Central Military Commission, and Deputy Commander of the New Fourth Army.When he presided over the work of the New Fourth Army, he did not resolutely implement the Central Committee's policy of independence in the united front, and he did not understand the seriousness of the Kuomintang's reactionary offensive, so he lacked preparations to deal with this attack. He suffered heavy losses, and he himself was killed by the reactionaries.