Instruction on the Work of Eliminating Traitors[1]

(June 24, 1939)

Under the present circumstances, the sabotage work against our army by enemy agents, traitors, and anti-communist elements will certainly intensify, and they may collaborate with one another. Therefore, the importance of the work of eliminating traitors has greatly increased. We must confront new schemes of sabotage with renewed attention and make changes in understanding, organization, and even techniques to adapt to the new conditions. This is the general orientation for the current work of eliminating traitors.

[1] This is an instruction on the work of eliminating traitors issued by Mao Zedong, Wang Jiaxiang, Tan Zheng, and Wu Gaizhi to all units of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.