Chapter 62 Struggle tactics against diehards [1]

(March 25, 1940) In the struggle against the diehards attacking us, when the diehards have not turned into an open puppet army or openly become a traitor, it is wrong to specifically point out that someone has surrendered to the Japanese invaders or that someone is a traitor and publicize and report the Kuomintang to the outside world. appropriate.Doing so not only does not understand the society, loses the sympathy of the centrists, and arouses the anger of the Kuomintang, but also hinders our united front work to talk about unity with the diehards when the anti-friction has come to an end.Therefore, in the future, except for those who openly transform into puppet troops and openly surrender to the enemy, it is not allowed to publicly and specifically refer to someone as a traitor.In particular, we must be cautious with the Central Army. Those who rub against us should only collect their friction materials and report them, and we must not easily put a big hat on them.And we should make the cadres understand that the so-called KMT-CCP ​​cooperation mainly means cooperation with the Central Army. All our cadres should pay special attention to the work of uniting and persuading the Central Army in strengthening the work of uniting and persuading all armies.Now that the anti-friction military struggle in Northwest China and North China has come to an end, all parties should urgently step up this united front work, and all leading comrades in military and political work should be responsible for guiding the plan.

Central Secretariat and Military Commission March 25 Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission was sent to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the 120th Division, the 129th Division, the 115th Division, Nie Rongzhen, Peng Zhen, and the Shandong Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Sub-bureau, Lu Zhengcao, Cheng Zihua, Wang Zhen, Lin Feng, Cheng Zihua, Song Renqiong, Zuo Quan, Huang Kecheng, Peng Xuefeng, Liu Shaoqi, Xiang Ying and other radio stations.