OFFICIAL LETTER FROM SEVEN POLITICAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST
PARTY TO THE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL COUNCIL

18 February 1941

[Text] Secretariat of the People's Political Council:

In regard to the action of the government against the New 4th Army, our
Party Central expressed a serious protest and proposed 12 articles of
remedial measures:

(1) Stop provocations.

(2) Cancel the order of 17 January.

(3) Punish Ho Ying-ch'in, Ku Chu-t'ung and Shang-kuan Yun-hsiang, the
ringleaders of the southern Anhwei incident.

(4) Release Yeh T'ing; restore him to his position as army commander.

(5) Return all personnel and weaponry to the southern Anhwei New 4th
Army.

(6) Give relief to all the casualties of the southern Anhwei New 4th
Army.

(7) Withdraw the troops fighting against the communists in Central China.

(8) Remove the Northwest blockade line.

(9) Liberate all arrested patriotic political prisoners in the nation.

(10) Abolish one-party dictatorship; introduce democracy.

(11) Implement the three principles of democracy; follow the Testament
of Sun Yat-sen.

(12) Arrest all pro-Japanese factional leaders for disposition according to the laws of the state.

We hope the government will adopt our proposal. Before it acts, we are
writing for your consideration.

Mao Tse-tung, Ch'en Shao-yu, Ch'in Pan-hsien, Lin Po-ch'u, Wu Yu-chang,
Tung Pi-wu, Teng Yin-ch'ao

18 February 1941

o HSIN-CHUNG HUA-PAO, 27 February 1941
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"Collection of Important Documents Since the War of Resistance,"
compiled by the Chinese Communist Central Secretariat, 1942

"Political Council and Freedom of Speech," published by the Shanghai
Periodical Company, April 1941