Telegram to Dong Biwu Regarding
Launching the Propaganda Movement
to Oppose Chinese Fascism
(August 11, 1943)
Dong [Biwu]:1
A. Although the military situation in the border region has eased slightly,
Guomindang arms preparations have not relaxed and its propaganda war is even
more intense. Telegrams from local parliamentary assemblies and from news,
cultural, and women’s groups requesting the dissolution of the Chinese
Communist Party have arrived from more than ten places. The Central News
Agency has also published anti-Communist editorials and telegrams specifically
aimed at mobilizing public opinion. We do not know what public opinion in
Chongqing has been for the past month. We expect a report by telegram.
B. During this period, in addition to continuing to broadcast critiques of
China’s Destiny, during the two months of August and September we will launch
a movement against Chinese fascism, sending open telegrams to the entire
country advocating the eradication of every type of spy organization and strictly
prohibiting the promulgation of Fascist ideology. By this means we will expose
the true character of the Chiang [Kaishek] brand of the Guomindang, and we
will also educate ourselves. There will soon be broadcasts of open telegrams and
essays; please be prepared in advance.
C. Anti-oppression protests in cultural circles in Chongqing and Guilin are
practical; we only hope that you will pay attention to the following points: first,
apart from a few well-known personages, do not expose hidden cultural workers;

second, protests may be issued in many forms; third, do everything possible to
win over the middle-of-the-roaders, and issue protests in middle-of-the-road
publications; fourth, translate the protests into English and send them to be
exposed in British and American publications; and fifth, New China Daily and
the Masses magazine should print more anti-Fascist articles in order to begin an
ideological struggle.
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
Notes
Our source for this document is Mao Zedong wenji, Vol. 3, pp. 64–65, where it is reproduced from a
transcript of the document preserved in the Central Archives.
1. Dong Biwu was at this time working in the Liaison Office of the Eighth Route Army in Chongqing and
was a member of the People’s Political Council. For his biography, see above, note to the text of July 21, 1943,
and note to the text “Congratulatory Speech at the Mass Meeting,” January 15, 1940, in Vol. VII, pp. 370–71.