Chapter 89 The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army should adopt the policy of long-term struggle

(July 18, 1941) Comrade Shaoqi: Text [1] telegram. (1) The counter-offensive slogan is correct. The July 7th Declaration[2] already mentioned an active offensive slogan, and in the future we can use strategic counter-offensive slogans. (2) However, the large-scale operations of the Eighth Route and the New Four are still not suitable, and the policy of long-term struggle is still to be spent. The reason is that our army is weak in all conditions, and a large-scale operation will hurt its vitality, which is not good for us and the Soviet Union. (3) The overall situation depends on the victory of the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union's millions of reserve troops have just been used, or there will be a decisive battle within a few days to stop the German offensive, and the overall situation will be the most favorable.If the two cities of Leningrad and Moscow are not defended, Japan will surely attack the Soviet Union, and the difficulties of the Soviet Union will increase, which will turn into a long-term war. However, the Anglo-Soviet Agreement has laid the foundation for the final victory. Fascist. (4) Taking advantage of opportunities to control Japan and the Communist Party is the policy of Chiang [3]. Therefore, we still have a policy of neither yielding nor attacking Chiang.It is practically impossible to give the territory to Jiang Zaiwo, and he will never fight with Japan. He is very opportunistic and sophisticated. (5) It seems inappropriate to use the "Communist Manifesto" and "On New Democracy" as cultural textbooks for veteran cadres, as they are too deep to read.It is also advisable to recompile the textbooks, and the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee is starting. (7) Please send your two articles from Hong Kong for a quick review.

Mao Zedong skillful Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Wen, that is, twelve days. [2] The July 7th Declaration refers to the "Commemorative Declaration of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for the Fourth Anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japan" on July 7, 1941. [3] Jiang refers to Chiang Kai-shek.