Chapter 82 An Analysis of the Attitudes of Political Forces in Britain, the United States and China after the Treaty with the Soviet Union

(April 20, 1941) week[1]: (1) According to Haohai Electronics [2], the analysis is correct.Under the attack of Germany, Britain's relations with the Soviet Union are about to improve, and the United States will generally follow the steps of Britain, and must not offend the Soviet Union.The wavering elements among the Chinese Anglo-American faction, diehards, centrists and progressives will all flatter the Soviet Union under the influence of Britain and the United States.However, the diehards among the diehards are in danger of being drawn into capitulation by the pro-Japanese faction. This is very noticeable, but not yet. (2) The general policy of Britain and the United States is to deal first with Germany and then with Japan, and never dare to take a tough attitude towards Japan. It is possible to cede the Netherlands and India[3] to Japan, or even stop aiding China.This is possible as long as the German occupation of Suez and the bombing of London and the attack on the Atlantic further intensify and truly threaten the survival of Britain, and as long as Japan agrees not to go to war with Britain.When this situation arises, the wavering elements among the Anglo-American faction, diehards, centrists, and progressives you refer to will experience great confusion, great division, and great wavering, and they will become both pro-Japanese faction and communist faction. The object of fierce competition may be between autumn and winter this year.Our policy is to win Chiang Kai-shek and the main body of the Kuomintang to change to a pro-Soviet, republican, and reforming direction, on the condition that they maintain their regime and recognize our status.At that time, a non-aggression agreement may be established between Britain and the Soviet Union and the United States and the Soviet Union (perhaps the Anglo-Soviet agreement will be signed soon). (3) Prepare to release a political intelligence report within a few days, and include what you said to explain the narrow ethnic point of view. (4) Chen Ruiting's regiment [4] decided to rebel against the uprising within a few days, and still fought under the banner of the 92nd Army (known as the 92nd Army Independent Brigade), and moved to the Zhang Aiping[5] area for training.Please be prepared to deal with possible inquiries from the Kuomintang, and answer that this is the Ninety-two Army's own business. Anyone who attacks me will fight back, and anyone who treats me with a friendly attitude will treat them with a friendly attitude. Chen Tuan is friendly to me, so I will It should be assisted, but it is still the Ninety-two Army, not the Eighth Route Army. (5) I would like to ask the Kuomintang whether it is still planning to pay the Eighth Route, if not, we will already, otherwise we will collect donations from all over the country (including the Soviet Union) and launch a general fundraising campaign (we are really going to do this), just like beggars. The way to eat, because the Kuomintang has forced us to have nowhere to go, and we will starve to death.

Mao Zedong Hai Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. [2] On April 19, 1941, Zhou Enlai sent a telegram to Mao Zedong and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to analyze the attitudes of various political forces in Chongqing after the signing of the Japan-Soviet Treaty, pointing out that the centrists were pessimistic and some of the progressives wavered , "It seems that they are a temporary impulsive expression under the narrow national sentiment, and the diehards use it to oppose the Soviet Union, the pro-Japanese faction uses it to be pessimistic, and the Anglo-American faction uses it to be pro-American, although these are all temporary phenomena ".

[3] Netherlands India, that is, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). [4] Chen Ruiting Regiment refers to the 425th Regiment of the 142nd Division of the 92nd Army of the Kuomintang Army headed by Chen Ruiting. [5] Zhang Aiping, born in 1910, is from Daxian, Sichuan.At that time, he was the commander of the third detachment of the fifth column of the Eighth Route Army.