china was ruined by mao zedong, but was uplifted by deng
xiaoping in 1978.
But no Mao, no unified China for Deng to reorganise and reform
also.
We should like to speak plainly to the Nanking
government.
If you are unequal to this job, you should at least help the
People's Liberation Army do it, as our army will soon cross the
Yangtse River and advance south.
At this late hour, you should not indulge in idle talk and had
better do some real work to atone for your crimes. In that case you
will not have to flee for your lives, you will not have to submit
to the bullying of Chiang Kai-shek's sworn followers, and you will
not be spurned for ever by the people.
This is your last
chance. Don't lose it. The People's Liberation Army will soon
advance south of the Yangtse River. We are not
bluffing.
The People's
Liberation Army will advance, whether or not you sign the agreement
accepting the eight terms. An agreement signed
before our army advances, will be advantageous to many -- to the
people, to the People's Liberation Army, to all those in the
Kuomintang government who wish to atone for their crimes by
performing meritorious service, and to the broad ranks of officers
and men in the Kuomintang army; it will be disadvantageous only to
Chiang Kai-shek, his sworn followers and the
imperialists.
If the agreement is not signed, the situation will be about the
same; solutions can be achieved by local negotiations. There may
yet be some fighting, but not much.
Over the vast area and long front extending from Sinkiang to
Taiwan, the Kuomintang has only about 1,100,000 combat troops left,
and so there will not be much fighting.
Whether a general agreement is signed, or whether no such agreement
is signed but instead many local agreements are signed, it will be
all the same for Chiang Kai-shek, for his sworn followers and for
U.S. imperialism, in a word, for all those reactionaries who will
not change even unto death; they are irrevocably
doomed.
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The rejection of this agreement shows that the Li Tsung-jen
government at Nanking was utterly hypocritical in professing to
accept the Chinese Communist Party's eight terms for peace as the
basis for negotiations.
Inasmuch as the Li Tsung-jen government had already accepted such
fundamental terms as the punishment of war criminals, the
reorganization of all the reactionary Kuomintang troops on
democratic principles and the handing over of all power and
authority by the Nanking government and its subordinate governments
at all levels, it had no reason to reject the specific measures
which were drawn up on the basis of these fundamental terms and
which are most lenient.
In these circumstances, we order you as follows:
1. Advance
bravely and annihilate resolutely, thoroughly, wholly and
completely all the Kuomintang reactionaries within China's borders
who dare to resist. Liberate the people of the
whole country. Safeguard China's territorial integrity, sovereignty
and independence.
2. Advance
bravely and arrest all the incorrigible war criminals. No matter
where they may flee, they must be brought to justice and punished
according to law. Pay special attention to arresting the bandit
chieftain Chiang Kai-shek.
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