To Mr. Situ Meitang, Mr. Ruan Benwan, and Minister Lü Chaoran of the Supervisory Department of the General Headquarters of the Hongmen Society throughout the Americas, in New York, U.S.A., with their esteemed consideration, and thence to all overseas Chinese compatriots throughout the Americas:

We have carefully read your telegram of January 8, expressing deep concern for the motherland and calling for national unity, for which we can only express our utmost admiration. China today absolutely cannot simultaneously wage two wars—one against foreign aggression and another against internal opposition. It is imperative to completely revoke the Kuomintang authorities’ anti-Communist plans, expel the pro-Japanese faction, and unite all forces in a common struggle against the Japanese invaders; only then can victory in the War of Resistance be realistically anticipated. However, since Chiang Kai-shek issued orders to annihilate the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui and, on January 17, publicly declared the New Fourth Army’s “rebellion,” abolished its designation, and submitted its commander, Ye Ting, to trial as a counter-revolutionary, Sino–Communist cooperation has been plunged into a grave crisis. The rampant activities of the pro-Japanese and anti-Communist elements within the Kuomintang have directly inflicted enormous damage upon the nationwide war effort. At this critical juncture, when the very survival of the nation hangs by a thread, if the pro-Japanese elements are not purged, if the anti-Communist faction does not abandon its dual-war strategy, if one-party rule is not abolished, if democratic politics are not instituted, if the Three Principles of the People are not genuinely implemented, and if the Premier’s testament is not obeyed, then the future of the Chinese nation will surely be sacrificed to these very hands. The Chinese Communist Party has consistently placed the national interest above all else and has steadfastly upheld the policy of the Anti-Japanese National United Front without the slightest deviation. Nevertheless, in the face of the heinous crimes committed by the pro-Japanese and anti-Communist factions in undermining the War of Resistance, we are compelled to seek appropriate measures of punishment. We have already submitted to the government twelve proposals for settling the current situation and twelve interim measures. We earnestly request that you all unanimously support these initiatives so that they may be swiftly put into effect. Only through such unity can we hope for success in the War of Resistance.

(Originally published in the Xin Zhonghua Daily on March 20, 1941)