(September 25, 1937)

Zhou [Enlai]:

1. Your speeches should please be based on the following points: Our declaration and Chiang's statement have announced the success of the united front and
established the necessary foundation for unity between the two parties to save the
country.

2. This declaration shall define not only the basis for the unity between the two
parties but also the basic orientation of the grand national unity of the people of
the whole country. The revival of the Chinese nation and the overthrow of Japanese imperialism shall be given a basis by the unity between the two parties and
the unity of the whole country in the future.

3. Chiang's statement points out the profound significance of the unity for the
salvation of the country, establishes the legitimate status of the Communist Party
in the whole country, and makes the promise to "go all the way together with the
people of the whole country." It is regrettable, however, that the statement still
shows arrogance and lack of self-criticism. The problem for the future is the thorough application of the Three People's Principles and the Ten Major Points [i.e.,
the Ten-Point Program] of the Chinese Communist Party that correspond to these
principles.

4. The declaration was drafted on March 4, handed in on May 15,¹ and published on September 22. Inform also Bo Gu [Qin Bangxian], [Ye] Jianying, [Pan]
Hannian, Hu Fu [Liu Shaoqi], [Zhang] Yunyi, and [Xie] Juezai. It should also be
relayed by Lin [Boju] to Comrades Zhu [De], Peng [Dehuai], Ren [Bishi], Lin
[Biao], Nie [Rongzhen], He [Long], Guan [Xiangying], Liu [Bocheng], and Zhang
[Hao].

Luo Fu [Zhang Wentian]
Mao Zedong

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Our source for this text is Wenxian he yanjiu, 1985, no. 4 (pp. 222-23 of the annual volume).
¹ According to a note to the Chinese text, March 4 and May 15 should read July 4 and
July 15.