Letter to the Ninth Team of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University

(December 15, 1937)

Comrades of the Ninth Team:

I congratulate you on establishing the National Salvation Room. The two words "national salvation" are precisely the sole overarching goal for you and the entire nation at the present stage. The path to achieving this goal is the Anti-Japanese National United Front. I hope you will study the theories and methods of this united front, for only through the united front can the goal of national salvation be attained.

Mao Zedong

December 15

Fellow countrymen of Jiuling:

I congratulate you on establishing the National Salvation Party. The two words "national salvation" are precisely your and the entire nation's sole programmatic slogan at the present stage. The realization of this slogan lies in the Anti-Japanese National United Front. I hope you will not write off the program of this united front and the right wing, for only through the united front can the goal of national salvation be achieved.

Liu Zhiping

December 15

Manuscript of Mao Zedong's letter to the Ninth Team of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.