The National Government in Chongqing: President Lin, Chairman Chiang, all ministries, commissions, and departments; the Central Party Headquarters of the Chinese Nationalist Party; all departments of the Military Commission; the National Political Council; the Anti-Aggression League; the Sino-Soviet Cultural Association; the Party and Government Commission for War Zones; Shenghuo Bookstore; Commercial Press; Zhonghua Book Company; the Young Journalists Association; the Literary and Art Circles Anti-Aggression Association; Central News Agency; Guoxin News Agency; Ta Kung Pao; Xinhua Daily; Saodang Bao; Zhongwu Daily; the Three People's Principles Youth League; the provincial governments and provincial councils; provincial party headquarters; anti-aggression support associations; press associations; major daily newspapers; universities in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Hanzhong; the two field headquarters in Xi'an and Guilin; commanders of all war zones; commanders-in-chief of all army groups; officers and soldiers resisting aggression across the nation; and all compatriots engaged in resistance: please take note. On November 1, the Yan'an Mass Assembly to Condemn Wang and Support Jiang passed with overwhelming righteous indignation a unanimous resolution to denounce the likes of Wang Jingwei for treason and surrender, and to uphold and persist in the War of Resistance to the very end. In order to rescue the current crisis and secure victory in the resistance, we hereby respectfully present ten major measures for national salvation, in the hope that the National Government, all parties and factions, all officers and soldiers of the resistance, and all compatriots nationwide will adopt and implement them.

First, a nationwide campaign to condemn Wang. It is known that the traitor Wang has gathered followers, collaborated with the enemy, betrayed the nation, concluded secret treasonous treaties, and abetted evil—acts that all Chinese rightly condemn as deserving of death. Yet this is the open, public Wang Jingwei; there is also the hidden Wang Jingwei. As for the hidden Wang Jingwei, he swaggers through the streets, secretly occupies key posts, conceals his traces, and infiltrates society. Corrupt officials are indeed his followers; experts in creating friction are entirely his subordinates. Without a nationwide campaign to condemn Wang, from the cities to the villages, from upper to lower levels, mobilizing all sectors—Party, government, military, people, press, academia—to rise together and condemn Wang, the Wang faction will not be eradicated, the Wang scourge will persist, inviting enemies from without and carrying out sabotage from within, with unimaginable harm. It is proper for the government to issue an order to rouse the entire people to condemn Wang. Any official who fails to comply shall be punished. The Wang faction must be completely exterminated and cast to the jackals and tigers. This is the first measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Second, strengthen unity. Today's commentators speak not of unity but of uniformity, implying that only by eliminating the Communist Party, abolishing the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, abolishing the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and abolishing all local anti-Japanese forces can uniformity be achieved. They do not realize that the Communist Party, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Border Region are the strongest advocates for national unity. Was it not these very forces that advocated for the peaceful resolution of the Xi'an Incident? Was it not these very forces that initiated the Anti-Japanese National United Front, advocating the establishment of a unified democratic republic and personally putting it into practice? Was it not these very forces that stand on the very front line of national defense, resisting seventeen enemy divisions, shielding the Central Plains and the Northwest, defending North and South China, and resolutely implementing the Three People's Principles and the Program of Resistance and National Reconstruction? Ever since Wang Jingwei began preaching anti-communism and pro-Japanese sentiments, renegades like Zhang Junmai and others have echoed him with their pens, while the anti-communist faction and the diehards have joined in with friction. Under the guise of uniformity, they pursue actual hegemony; they abandon the meaning of unity and incite serial friction. The Sima Zhao heart is indeed known to every passerby. But the Communist Party, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Border Region resolutely champion true uniformity and oppose false uniformity; they advocate reasonable uniformity and a uniformity that does not mean retrogression but progress. A uniformity based on resistance, unity, and progress—these three foundations—is true uniformity, reasonable uniformity, and practical uniformity. To seek uniformity aside from this, no matter what tricks are employed, no matter what mystifications are devised, is merely going south while driving the chariot north—a course we absolutely cannot endorse. As for local anti-Japanese forces, they should all be cherished equally, without favoring some over others. Trust them, support them, assist them, and encourage them. Treat people with sincerity and eliminate deceit; treat people with magnanimity and eliminate narrow-mindedness. If this can truly be done, then unless someone harbors ulterior motives, none will fail to unite and integrate into the track of a unified nation. Uniformity must be based on unity, and unity must be based on progress. Only through progress can there be unity, and only through unity can there be uniformity. This is an unshakable verdict. This is the second measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Third, rigorously implement constitutional governance. Years of political tutelage have yielded no results. When things reach an extreme, they reverse course; constitutional governance must come first. Yet freedom of speech is absent, the ban on political parties remains unopened, and everything still constitutes acts contrary to constitutional governance. To draft a constitution in this manner—how is it any different from a bureaucratic formality? To implement a constitution in this manner—how is it any different from one-party dictatorship? At this autumn season of deep national calamity, if no change in strategy is considered, with Japanese and Wang disturbances externally and traitors' sabotage internally, the nation's lifeblood and the people's lives will hang in imminent peril. The government should promptly lift the ban on parties and foster public opinion as an expression of its sincere intent to advance constitutional governance, thereby demonstrating great trustworthiness to the citizenry and opening a new era's vital energy for the nation. Truly, nothing is more urgent than this. This is the third measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Fourth, put a stop to friction. Since the advocacy last March of the so-called "Measures for Restricting the Activities of Alien Parties," the clamor of restriction, anti-communism, and anti-communism across North China has spread nationwide; tragic incidents have occurred in rapid succession, blood splattered wildly. As if that were not enough, last October there came the so-called "Measures for Handling the Alien Party Problem." In the Northwestern, Northern, and Central China regions, there further emerged the so-called "Implementation Plan for Handling the Alien Party Problem." Commentators say this has already moved from a period of political restriction into a period of military restriction, and there is ample evidence for this assertion—how could it be otherwise? For so-called "restricting communism" is but anti-communism. Anti-communism is the cunning scheme of the Japanese and Wang, a toxic stratagem to subjugate China. Consequently, public sentiment is alarmed and suspicious; people run about telling one another that the tragic drama of a decade ago will surely be reenacted. As this evolution reaches its extreme, in Hunan there was the Pingjiang Massacre, in Henan the Queshan Massacre, in Hebei Zhang Yinwu's attacks on the Eighth Route Army, in Shandong Qin Qirong's elimination of guerrilla units, in Eastern Hubei Cheng Ruhuai's brutal killing of five to six hundred Communist Party members, in Longdong the Central Army's large-scale assault on the Eighth Route Army garrison, and most recently in Shanxi the tragic spectacle of old army units attacking new army units and, in tandem, violating the Eighth Route Army's positions. If such phenomena are not swiftly stopped, the trend will lead to mutual destruction. What then of victory in the War of Resistance? The government should issue an order to punish all perpetrators of these tragic incidents and publicly proclaim nationwide that no further such occurrences will be tolerated, so as to facilitate unity in resistance. This is the fourth measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Fifth, protect young people. Recently, concentration camps have been set up near Xi'an, where over seven hundred progressive youths from the Northwestern and Central Plains provinces are detained in one place, subjected to spiritual and physical enslavement, treated as convicts—a situation too harrowing to hear. What crime have these young people committed to suffer such torment? Youth represent the nation’s essence, and progressive youths are, all the more, the invaluable treasures of the War of Resistance. Belief is a freedom belonging to every individual, and thought can never be suppressed by military force. The crime of the cultural encirclement and suppression of the past decade is glaringly obvious; why then should we repeat the same error today? The government should swiftly issue an order to the entire nation to protect young people, abolish the concentration camps near Xi'an, and strictly prohibit acts of humiliation against youth across all regions. This is the fifth measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Sixth, aid the front lines. The armies on the very front lines that have rendered meritorious service in the resistance—such as the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and other forces—are met with countless irresponsible and utterly ignorant slanderous charges, deafening to the ear. Meritorious service goes unrewarded, hard toil goes unrecorded, while frame-ups intensify and poisonous schemes grow ever more unbridled. This is a monstrous phenomenon that chills the hearts of officers and soldiers while making our enemies clap their hands in glee, a situation that absolutely cannot be tolerated. The government should, on the one hand, fully supply and support the meritorious armies at the front and, on the other hand, strictly forbid traitors from slandering and framing them, so as to boost military morale and facilitate operations. This is the sixth measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Seventh, clamp down on secret service organs. The lawless rampage of the secret service organs is comparable by our contemporaries to the likes of Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen of the Tang Dynasty, or Wei Zhongxian and Liu Jin of the Ming Dynasty. These individuals pay no attention to the enemy but make it their specialty to target internal forces, killing multitudes, practicing corruption and bribery without scruple—truly the great headquarters of rumor and the factory of treachery. Nothing makes people across the entire country tread on tiptoe and look askance more than these utterly vicious and malevolent secret service agents. To preserve the government’s credibility, it is imperative to immediately clamp down on them, reorganize them, and define the mission of the secret service organs as exclusively targeting the enemy and traitors, so as to reclaim the people’s hearts and nurture the nation’s foundation. This is the seventh measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Eighth, eliminate corrupt officials. Since the start of the War of Resistance, there are those who have amassed fortunes from the national crisis of up to one hundred million yuan, and those who have taken as many as eight or nine concubines. In all matters—whether military conscription, public bonds, economic controls, or relief for disaster victims and refugees—there is nothing that has not been used by corrupt officials as an opportunity for profiteering. With such a pack of jackals and wolves in the state, it is no wonder that national affairs are beyond remedy. The people’s resentment and indignation have reached an extreme, yet no one dares to expose their savagery. To rescue the nation from the crisis of collapse, it is imperative to decisively implement effective measures to thoroughly eliminate all corrupt officials. This is the eighth measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Ninth, practice the doctrine of "must rouse the masses." To seek China’s freedom and equality, accumulated experience over forty years makes us deeply aware that to attain this goal, the masses must be roused. How great are these words—indeed, our four hundred and fifty million people have truly heard them. Yet there are many who recite the testament but few who follow it; those who betray the testament are rewarded, and those who implement it are punished. Can there be anything more bizarre than this? The government should issue an order that anyone who dares to violate the testament, neglecting to rouse the masses and instead trampling upon them, shall be punished for the crime of betraying Premier Sun. This is the ninth measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

Tenth, implement the Three People's Principles. The government and Chairman Chiang have repeatedly issued orders and instructions, directing the entire nation to implement the Three People's Principles—a most splendid endeavor. Yet the words of the speakers are earnest while the listeners remain indifferent. Countless people, whose primary task is anti-communism, forsake the work of resistance; when the people rise to resist Japan, they are subjected to manifold oppression and suppression. Is this not abandoning the Principle of Nationalism? Officials grant the people not a shred of democratic rights. Is this not abandoning the Principle of Democracy? They gaze upon the people's suffering as though seeing nothing. Is this not abandoning the Principle of People’s Livelihood? In the eyes of such individuals, the Three People's Principles are mere lip service, and those who truly implement them are either mocked as meddlesome or subjected to severe punishment. Hence, monstrous phenomena multiply, and faith is completely discredited. It is imperative to once more promulgate explicit orders strictly urging nationwide implementation. Let those who violate the order be severely punished, and those who comply be preferentially rewarded. Then the Three People's Principles may perhaps see a day of actual implementation, and the cause of resistance against Japan will thereby establish a foundation for victory. This is the tenth measure, which we request be adopted and implemented.

All these ten points are major strategies for national salvation and essential plans for the War of Resistance. At this time when the enemy is plotting against us ever more aggressively and the traitor Wang is rampantly running wild, though we are but humble voices, moved by the peril we dare not fail to speak. Should these measures be adopted and carried out, it would be a great blessing for the War of Resistance and a tremendous blessing for the cause of the liberation of the Chinese nation. We speak with urgency, and sincerely hope for clear guidance. Presidium of the Yan'an Mass Assembly to Condemn Wang and Support Jiang, along with all citizens: Mao Zedong, Wang Ming, Zhang Wentian, Lin Boqu, Wu Yuzhang, Wang Jiaxiang, Teng Daiyuan, Chen Yun, Deng Fa, Li Fuchun, Gao Gang, Xiao Jinguang, Zhang Hao, Zhang Bangying, Xu Guangda, Meng Qingshu, Tan Zheng, Tang Hongchen, Gao Langting, Feng Wenbin, Guan Ruicai, and all the people.