毛泽东选集/和英国记者贝特兰的谈话

#§THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA AND THE WAR OF RESISTANCE

#§James Bertram: What specific pronouncements has the Chinese Communist Party made before and since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war?

#§Mao Tse-tung: Before the war broke out, the Chinese Communist Party warned the whole nation time and again that war with Japan was inevitable, and that all the Japanese imperialists' talk of a "peaceful settlement" and all the fine phrases of the Japanese diplomats were only so much camouflage to screen their preparations for war.

# We repeatedly stressed that a victorious war of national liberation cannot be waged unless the united front is strengthened and a revolutionary policy is adopted.

# The most important point in this revolutionary policy is that the Chinese government must institute democratic reforms in order to mobilize all the people to join the anti-Japanese front.

# We repeatedly pointed out the error of those who believed in Japan's "peace pledge" and thought that war might be avoided, or of those who believed in the possibility of resisting the Japanese aggressors without mobilizing the masses.

# Both the outbreak of the war and its course have proved our views to be correct.

# The day after the Lukouchiao Incident, the Communist Party issued a manifesto to the whole country, calling upon all political parties and groups and all social strata to make common cause in resisting Japanese aggression and strengthening the national united front.

# Soon afterwards we announced the Ten-Point Programme for Resisting Japan and Saving the Nation, in which we set out the policies that the Chinese government ought to adopt in the War of Resistance.

# With the institution of Kuomintang-Communist co-operation we issued another important declaration.

# All this testifies to our firm adherence to the principle of waging the War of Resistance by strengthening the united front and putting a revolutionary policy into effect.

# In the present period our basic slogan is "Total resistance by the whole nation".

#§THE WAR SITUATION AND ITS LESSONS

#§Question: As you see it, what are the results of the war up to the present?

#§Answer: There are two main aspects.

# On the one hand, by capturing our cities, seizing our territory, raping, plundering, burning and massacring, the Japanese imperialists have irrevocably brought the Chinese people face to face with the danger of national subjugation.

# On the other hand, the majority of the Chinese people have consequently become very much aware that the crisis cannot be overcome without greater unity and without resistance by the whole nation.

# At the same time, the peace-loving countries of the world are being awakened to the necessity of resisting the Japanese menace.

# These are the results produced by the war so far.

---and how far have they been achieved?

#§Answer: Japan's plan is to occupy northern China and Shanghai as the first step and then to occupy other regions of China.

# As to how far the Japanese aggressors have realized their plan, they seized the three provinces of Hopei, Chahar and Suiyuan within a short space of time, and now they are threatening Shansi; the reason is that China's War of Resistance has hitherto been confined to resistance by the government and the army alone.

# This crisis can be overcome only if resistance is carried out jointly by the people and the government.

#§Question: In your opinion, has China scored any achievements in the War of Resistance?