Speech at an Emergency Meeting of All Communist Party Members and Revolutionary Organ Personnel in Yan’an[1]

(July 13, 1937)

Every Communist Party member and anti-Japanese revolutionary should calmly complete all necessary preparations and be ready to move to the front lines of resistance at any time.

[1] On July 13, 1937, an emergency meeting of Communist Party members and organ cadres was held in Yan’an. Mao Zedong attended the meeting and delivered a speech. This is an excerpt from Mao Zedong’s speech.