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EXPOSE THE PLOT
FOR A FAR EASTERN MUNICH

May 25, 1941

1. A compromise between Japan and the United States at the
expense of China and the creation of an Eastern Munich against
communism and against the Soviet Union — such is the new plot
which is now being hatched by Japan, the United States and Chiang
Kai-shek. We must expose this plot and fight it.
2. Now that the Japanese imperialists have ended their latest
round of military attacks, which was designed to force Chiang
Kai-shek to capitulate, there are bound to be moves to induce him
to capitulate. This is a repeat performance of the enemy’s old policy
of using the stick and the carrot, either alternately or simultaneously.
We must expose this policy and fight it.
3. Simultaneously with her military attacks, Japan has launched
a rumour-mongering campaign alleging that “the Eighth Route Army
does not want to fight in co-ordination with the Kuomintang Central
Army”, that “the Eighth Route Army is seizing every opportunity
to expand its territory”, that “it is opening up an international route”,
that “it is setting up another Central Government”, etc. This is a
cunning Japanese scheme to foment discord between the Kuomin-
tang and the Communist Party and thus to make it easier for them
to induce the Kuomintang to capitulate. The Kuomintang Central
News Agency and the Kuomintang press are copying and spreading
these rumours, showing no qualms about echoing Japan’s anti-
Communist propaganda, and their intentions are most dubious. This,
too, we must expose and fight.
4. Although the New Fourth Army has been declared to be
“in rebellion” and the Eighth Route Army has not received a single

This inner-Party directive was written by Comrade Mao Tse-tung for the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

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