Policy and Tasks After the Joining of the First and Fourth Front Armies of the Red Army[1]

(July 1935)

The policy for the operations of the First and Fourth Front Armies from now on is to go north to resist Japan, establish a revolutionary base area in Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu, and promote the development of a nationwide upsurge in resistance to Japan. The First and Fourth Front Armies of the Red Army must, under the unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, learn from each other, unite closely, and fulfill the tasks entrusted by the Party.

[1] This is part of a talk with Xu Xiangqian and other commanders of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army.