To Zhu De[1]

(January 1, 1936)

We should normally exchange intelligence, but we really cannot feel at ease with elements who oppose the Party and accept enemy propaganda. Now that you have sent a telegram, I shall from time to time telegraph what I know. The Central Committee has not only established contact with the Northern Bureau and the Shanghai Bureau, but has also established contact with the International. This is a great victory.

The development policy for your side should be reported to the Central Committee at any time for approval. As for past controversies within the Party, they should await resolution by the International and the Seventh Congress, but organizationally we must never overstep the proper bounds, thereby casting ourselves out of the Party.

The development policy for the Fourth Front Red Army should be reported to the Central Committee at any time for approval. As for past controversies within the Party, they may be left for resolution by the Communist International and the Party's Seventh Congress, but organizationally we must never overstep the proper bounds, to the point of casting ourselves out of the Party.[2]

Besides sending Lin Yuying to China, the International has also sent Yan Hongyan[3] to China. It is said that the Chinese Party enjoys a very high standing in the International and is hailed as the foremost Party after the Soviet Union. The Chinese Party has completed its Bolshevization, and the whole Soviet Union and the entire world praise our Long March. Under the International's instructions, the Political Bureau has made decisions on new tactics, details of which will be telegraphed separately.