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THE PARTY AND ITS MASS WORK
IN THE WHITE AREAS

May 1937

A THOROUGH CHANGE

There must be a thorough change in our work in the Party and
among the masses in general.
Why?
For one thing, the Japanese imperialists’ implementation of their
continental policy of subjugating China and our Party’s resolute im-
plementation of the anti-Japanese national united front policy have
already brought about major changes in the political situation and
social relations throughout the country. The Kuomintang, which en-
gaged in reactionary activities for ten years, and its followers, the
national bourgeoisie, have once again joined in the resistance to Japan.
Antagonism between the two regimes has been eliminated, internal
peace has in the main been realized, the Kuomintang and the Com-
munist Party have resumed co-operation and the masses are participat-
ing in the anti-Japanese national revolutionary movement on a most
extensive scale. These changes have altered and will continue to alter
the environment in which all our work is carried out and, at the same
time, they have altered the tasks, slogans and policies we put forward.
In his political report, Comrade Mao Zedong made a statement to
the effect that the present stage is the second one of the new period
in the Chinese revolution. At this stage, the slogans of “Ending the
civil war” and “Fighting for peace” are outdated. Hereafter, our main

A report given at the conference of representatives of Party organizations of
the White areas held in Yan’an. The full text consisted of eleven parts, of which
four are reproduced here.
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