Chapter 66 Current Situation and Party Policy[1]

- Questions of war and revolution (1) As for the Soviet Union not joining the war, the two factions of imperialist countries, when the war cannot be stopped, the people will rise up against the war, and the Soviet Union will not join.The realization of this plan of non-joining is the result of the Soviet Union's 20 years of struggle, the result of the support of the people of the world for the Soviet Union, the result of the Soviet Union's adept use of the contradictions of imperialism, and the greatest victory in the world strategy of the proletariat. Not only protected the Soviet Union, but also guaranteed the victory of the world revolution.

This victory was achieved in the German-Soviet and Soviet-Finnish agreements[2], and the next task is to consolidate it. (2) Regarding the two imperialist fronts The so-called two imperialist fronts and the two united fronts do not mean that there are no contradictions and struggles between the two allied countries. Conflicts and struggles do exist and are serious.For example, Britain, the United States, and France have conflicts and struggles among themselves, and between the three countries and other small countries.There are also contradictions and struggles between Germany, Italy, and Japan among the three countries, and between the three countries and other small countries.

Nor does it mean that the various fronts are fixed and do not change.On the contrary, they are fluid, subject to change, and have changed. On the one hand, there are changes in Northern Europe, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the Balkans, and there are major changes in France, which show the weakening of the front, which is the Anglo-American-French front. On the one hand, it shows the strengthening of the front, which is the German-Italian-Japanese Front. Hence the current imbalance. Japan was pro-British and American for a while, and now it is pro-German and Italian. This is because the Fascists in Japan will replace the Anglo-American factions.

Neither side has a completely fixed alliance treaty, such as the United States and Britain, France, Britain, France and Northern Europe, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Japan. These are the so-called contradictions, struggles and changes within the Front.In the future there will still be contradictions and struggles, and there will also be changes. If everything is ignored, Germany, Italy, and Japan want to break the status quo, while the so-called democracies (including the Netherlands and Belgium) want to maintain the status quo. Both sides have common interests, so they can form a united front. It actually already exists, and there are dozens or a dozen countries on both sides.At present, in terms of geography, economic power, and navy, Britain and the United States are still the strongest, while Germany, Italy, and Japan are stronger because of Germany's victory in the war and the vast area it occupied.

Regardless of whether it is the East or the West, the struggle between the two imperialist fronts is no longer mainly on the mainland, but on the sea. There is still no decisive battle in this area, so there are still huge conflicts. If Britain surrenders, the United States will still have maritime hegemony.The United States is the Monroe Doctrine plus cosmopolitanism, "what's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine." It is unwilling to give up its interests in the Atlantic and Pacific. Both Germany and Italy have weak navies, and the surrender of France did not change this situation.Germany, Italy, and Japan cannot manage the British, French, Dutch, and Belgian colonies without destroying the British and American navies.

On the one hand, the Versailles and Washington system, on the other hand, oppose this system and attempt to establish a new Versailles and a new Pacific system.This struggle is not yet over. That is to say, there are still contradictions among the imperialist countries that can be exploited by the revolution, and therefore must be exploited.The Soviet Union must use it, India must use it, China must use it, and the proletariat and oppressed nations of all other countries must use it. Now is an era of great shock and great changes in the world, not an era of "peace" and "capitalist stability". This era has long since ended, and it will never be established in the future.

If you do not see this, it is because you have incorrectly estimated the following: 1. Overestimating the counter-revolution. (1) The contradictions among the imperialists expanded, not narrowed, due to the war; (2) The bourgeoisie and the capitalist system of various countries lost confidence among the people; (3) Social Democrats lost confidence; (4) The destruction of the war sex etc. 2. Underestimation of the revolutionary forces. (1) The existence of the Soviet Union; (2) the existence of the Chinese revolution; (3) the upsurge of the Indian revolutionary movement; (4) the existence of the Communist Party in Europe and various countries.

(3) Revolution is inevitable 1. The victory of Germany and Italy over Britain and France is tantamount to breaking the two imperialist chains, and the new imperialist chain may be broken just after it is put on or before it is too late.The capitalist front can be breached in three places - Europe, India and China, which amounts to basically breaking the entire capitalist front. 2. In Europe, a simple October Revolution is impossible. There, it can only be the October Revolution plus the Soviet Red Army.And that time has yet to come. 3. At present, it is the eight-hour work system in the Soviet Union and the maturity of the world revolutionary situation, not the world revolution.At present, imperialist wars should also be used, as it is the eve of world revolution.

Two Chinese issues (1) Improve the problem 1. Initial improvement—the external cooperation between the two parties and the two armies aims to awaken the masses and isolate the big landlords and big bourgeoisie. 2. Complete improvement - only when the united front regime of all parties, factions, walks of life and armies in which the Communist Party participates is established 3. Get rid of pessimism—the possibility of initial improvement and complete improvement exists. Our allied army is vast, and the national bourgeoisie is still the allied army at present. 4. Get rid of illusions—when the big landlords and the big bourgeoisie are in power, there cannot be a complete improvement.

(2) The problem of retreat is currently part of the strategic retreat (concealed policy) in the strategic offensive.But strategically, in general, it is still offensive (broad united front policy). (3) The issue of nationalities and democratic revolution 1. Resistance to Japan and revolution are one and the same. 2. There are differences between the national revolution and the democratic revolution, but there are also similarities.It can be roughly divided into two stages: one-sided war of resistance and comprehensive war of resistance, but both are in the process of war of resistance.The present is the entire revolutionary stage of resisting Japanese aggression and eradicating traitors, and there is no other purely agrarian revolution stage.It is an issue of anti-Japanese and eradicating rape, not a simple issue of the agrarian revolution.

3. "The basic problem of all revolutions is the problem of political power." Slogan: Overthrow Japanese imperialism and establish a democratic republic - "Resistance to war and founding of the country". Strategic Tactics: Anti-Japanese National United Front. There are four forms of the united front—(1) in the Kuomintang area: the united front in the opposition and in the court. (2) In the area of ​​the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army: our united front with other parties and classes within the regime. (3) A united front between the Kuomintang regime and our regime. (4) In the big cities occupied by the enemy: the lower united front. 4. Currently it is a partial united front regime, and in the future it should be a national united front regime.Without this regime, there would be no victory in the War of Resistance against Japan. 5. The national revolution and the democratic revolution are simultaneous, not a stage of the democratic revolution after the national revolution has passed. Mount Wutai[3] category—in the early and middle stages of the Anti-Japanese War. The whole country - in the late period of the Anti-Japanese War. Anti-Friction—Democratic Revolution in National Revolution. (4) The problem of centrists 1. In terms of the world scope: the oppressed nation is a centrist between imperialism and the proletariat, but it is a part of the allies of the proletarian revolution. 2. In terms of the anti-Japanese camp (different from the enemy camp): the diehards or the Chinese big landlords and big bourgeoisie are the ruling class and the vacillating class, not the centrists. Treating them as centrists confuses the people. The middle class and the upper petty bourgeoisie - the centrist. Lower petty bourgeoisie and proletariat - Progressives. (5) Emphasizing the issues of unity and struggle 1. We have always emphasized unity, and it will remain the same in the future-to deal with all resistance factions. 2. We have always emphasized struggle, and it will remain the same in the future-to deal with all capitulators. 3. We emphasize both unity and struggle—to deal with all diehards who are both anti-Japanese and anti-communist. 4. Sometimes it emphasizes unity, sometimes it emphasizes struggle—depending on whether the attitude of the diehards is mainly unity or anti-communism. 5. Struggle for unity - to prolong the cooperation time. 6. No matter which aspect (political, military, cultural), the current period is dominated by unity.But no matter which aspect, there is a struggle at the same time.Because the anti-communist policy of the Kuomintang diehards has not changed. 7. Even in the current period, in some places, the anti-friction struggle can also manifest itself as a local upsurge, such as northern Jiangsu. (6) The source of the tendency is to lean to the right—from the influence of the landlord bourgeoisie. "Left" deviation - from the influence of the peasant petty bourgeoisie. Objective—the above two types. Subjective - insufficient education (insufficient self-criticism). (7) The issue of the border area has two bases on the track-the Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area and the Shanxi-Hebei-Chassis border area.Because of the efforts of the party, the government, and the army. Weaknesses: Not enough revolutionary order; too little united front; too much bureaucracy. Strengthening: Central and Border Regions, everyone's efforts. (8) Learning problems 1. We are in a new era of war and revolution. 2. Everything is changing. We should not use the stubborn formalism point of view, but should use the lively dialectical point of view to pay attention to all changes. 3. For example, there are many new things in this decision. This is not to say that the past was wrong, but that the objective has changed, and the subjective must adapt to this change: the international, the superiority of Germany, Italy, and Japan, the Soviet Union outside the war, the revolutionary Brewing: domestically, new difficulties, new dangers of capitulation, the possibility of an initial turnaround, the decline of the anti-Communist upsurge (it has been three months), the development of "Left" dangers, etc. 4. The united front in three periods: the period of the Great Revolution, the period of the Civil War, and the period of the Anti-Japanese War. The first two issues had achievements, but both had mistakes—Chen Duxiu’s absolutism (all alliances, denial of struggle) and the absolutism of the late civil war (everything down, no correct strategy for some possible parts).Grades should now be expanded to avoid mistakes. It is necessary to step up strategic education to win over the Allies without losing one's own position, and bosses and formalism are useless. From what age you have learned it well, or what kind of genius you are, they are all deceiving people.What is useful is to use the Marxist viewpoint to study the specific environment and specific strategies, and use some hard work. Published and printed according to Mao Zedong's revision. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is the main point of Mao Zedong's conclusion at the meeting of senior cadres in Yan'an to discuss the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Current Situation and the Party's Policies". [2] Refers to the "Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact" and the "Soviet-Finnish Peace Treaty" signed in Moscow on August 23, 1939 and March 12, 1940. [3] Mount Wutai here refers to the Jinchaji anti-Japanese democratic regime established on Mount Wutai.