4it can be gained by the peo-
‘the greater is the organized
' democratic force, and the
ater the possibility of achiev-
(a coalition government.”
#iao also emphasized that
na must be unified. but that
at the Chinese people want
Jiot “absolutist unification by
fiators” but “democratic uni-
jition by the people. .--- The
flaggle of the Chinese people
§ freedom, democracy, and a
lition government is actually
5 novement for unification.”
aVith regard to the Commu-
‘Jed armies. Mao declared
it. without an army that sup-
ts: the people. a- coalition
§) that the Eighth Route and
h ernment cannot be formed.
'y Fourth Armies are whole-
yi rtedly on the side of the peo-
j.. He alse stated that the
@omintang troops, which fre-
a@ntly suffer defeat, and
‘ch oppress the people and
fsriminate against other
Bops shoula be reformed.
j1 this. connection; he declared
ft “as soon as the new demo-
etic coalition government and
: united high command are
fmed in China, troops in the
linese likerated areas will at
%:e Le hunded over to them,
all Kusmanting troops must
Eo Le Landed over to them at
sdme time.”

outiining the internal poli-
fies of anew, democratic
fua. Mao Tse-tung pointed
| that Guring the entire period
} the war of. resistance, the
Ahese Communist Party has
--ocated a policy of mobilizing
existing productive forces.
B> new. democracy encourages
development. of private
B italism: and- -the~cewnership
5 private property, but this
Est follow the theory pro-
prnded by Dr. Sun Yatsen,
nely, tiiat the land should be-
zx to those who till it, and
t private capitalism should
be a?'owed to control the life
the peopie.
VYith regard to the land prob-
2, Mao .-peinted out that in
‘liberated areas the policy of
acing. rent and interest rates
been carried out in such a
y that both landlords and
issants have _ participated
rtily in the war. of resist-
e. He added that “if no ob-
zles arise, we shall continue
earry out this: policy after
war. In the first place, the
uction of rent and interesi

country and then appro-
ate means will be found to
olement the principle that
ase who till the land should
n it.’
de also pointed out that mut;
| aid organizations based on
asant private property have
in widely developed in the
erated areas, and that “hence-
ith this system should be
oularized as much as pos-
le.??
As far as industrial devei-
ment and contro] are concern-
Mao stated that “in the new
nocratic state, a policy of ad-
ttment of interests as between
‘ployers and employees will
{ adopted.’ On the one hand,
‘orkers’ interests will be pro-
cted,” while on the other,
-eitimate profits from proper
-mmercial enterprises will be
“aranteed.”
‘He added that in this new
mocratic state, “facilities will
rtainly be given for the wide-
read development of private
pitalist economy,” apart from

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Which Road For China?

state-owned enterprises and co-
operatives, and emphasized that
the industralization of China
“will require a large amount
of foreign ‘capital investment.”

With regard to cultural and
educational problems, Mao
stressed the need for respecting
the intellectuals who serve the
people and have made impor-
tant contributions to winning
the war, and called attention te
various educational tasks such
as the wiping out of illiteracy
and the popularization of pub-
lic health measures. He also
urged that both ancient Chinese
and foreign culture should be
“absorbed critically,’ in the
light of China’s own present
needs.

Mao also touched on the prob-
lem of the national minorities
in China, and on the question of
religious freedom. « Concerning
the former, he stated that “na-
tional minorities should be help-
ed ... to attain liberation and
aevelopment, politically, eco-
nomicaily, and culturally.. Their
language, literature, customs,
habits and _  vreligious faiths
should be respected.”

As for the latter, he empha-
sized that “according to the
principle of freedom of beliefs,
China’s liberated areas will al-
low every school of religion to
exist. Protestants, Catholics,
Mohammedans, Buddhists and
other religious sects will be pro-
tected by the Government, pro-
vided that they obey the Gov-
ernment’s laws and decrees.”

°
| Fi HIS report, Mao dwelt in
some detail on the “diplomatic
problems” confronting China.

“The basic principle of the
Chinese Communist Party in
diplomatic relations,” he declar-
ed, “is the establishment and
consolidation of diplomatic re-
lations with other countries for
the solution of mutually related
wartime and postwar problems,
such as cooperation in the war
and in the peace conference, and

“in questions of commercial in-

tercourse, investments, etc., on
the basis of the thorough exter-
mination of the Japanese ag-
gressors the upholding of world
peace, reciprocal respect for
the equal and independent sta-
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consideration of the

interests
and friendship of all nations
and peoples.”

Expressing full support of the
principles of the Atlantic Char-
ter and the resolutions adopted
at the Moscow, Cairo, Teheran
and Crimea conferences, Mao

declared that with regard to the -

safeguarding of international
peace and the establishment of
a postwar security organiza-
tion, the Chinese Communist
Party “fully agrees with the
suggestions of the Dumbarton
Oaks Conference and the deci-
sions of the Crimea Conference
on this question. . . It. wel-
comes the San Francisco United
Nations Conference and has
sent its representative to join_-
the ‘Chinese delegation in order
to express the will of the Chin-
ese people.” .

Mao also expressed the view
that the general policy adopted
at tke Crimea Conference ac-
ecrds fully with the policy ad-
vocated by the Chinese Com-
munist Party for the settlement
of the Chinese and Far Eastern
questions, and suggested that
a policy similar to that suggest-
ed for Europe should be adopt-
ed for China and the Far East.

Such a policy should be based
on the following four points:
“First, the Japanese aggressors
must be defeated, and Japanese
fascism and militarism and the
causes producing them
thoroughly exterminated; there
must be no halfway compro-
mise.

“Second, the last vestiges- of
fascism in China must be exter-
minated.

“Third ,domestic peace must
be established in China, and
civil war must not be allowed to
recur. .

“Fourth, the Kuomintang dic-
tatorship must be abolished.
After its abolition it should be
first supplanted by a provision-
al democratic coalition govern-
ment, fully supported by the en-
tire country. Then after all the
lost territories have been re-
covered, a regular coalition gov-
ernment should be established
through free and unrestricted
elections.” . .

Turning to the urgent ques-
tion of Sino-Soviet relations,
Mao stated that “we are of the

opinion that the Kuomintang
Government must abandon its
attitude of enmity toward the
Soviet Union and take steps to
improve Sino-Soviet relations.”

On behalf of the Chinese peo-
ple, he expressed thanks for the
help that had always been ren-
dered China by the Soviet gov-
ernment and people during
China’s war of liberation, and
also voiced China’s apreciation
of “Marshal Stalin’s speech of
last November,. rebuking the
Japanese aggressors, and of the
recent denunciation of the So-
viet-Japanese neutrality pact by
the Soviet Union.”

In concluding this portion of
his remarks, Mao declared with
emphasis that “we believe that
without the participation of the
Soviet Union, it is not possible
to reach a final and thorough
settlement of the Pacific ques-
tion.”

Proceeding next to a discus-
sion of China’s relations with
the United States and Great
Britain, Mao declared that “the
great efforts made by America
and Great Britain, especially
the former, in the common
cause of fighting the Japan-
ese aggressors, and the sym-
pathy and aid rendered by their
governments and peoples to
China, deserve our thanks.”

But he added: “We request
the governments of the Uniteeé
Nations, especially the govern-
ments of America and Great
Britain, to pay serious atten-
tion to the voice of the vast ma-
jority of the Chinese people,
and not to let their diplomatic
policy go against the will of the
Chinese people and thereby lose
their friendship. If any foreign
government aids China’s reac-
tionary clique in* opposing the
democratic cause of the Chinese
people, a grave mistake will
have been committed.”

Referring to the abrogation
of the unequal treaties with
China by many foreign govern-
ments and the establishment of
new treaties on a footing of
equality, Mao declared that the
Chinese people welcome these
developments. But he pointed
out that China “cannot rely on
a status of equality that is

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granted simply because’ of the

good will of foreign govern-
ments and peoples. A real sta-
tus of equality must in the main
depend on the efforts of the
Chinese people to build up a
new, democratic nation which
is independent, unified, prosper-
ous and strong. China certain-
ly cannot achieve real inde-
pendence and equality with the
policies now being pursued by
the Kuomintang Government.

AO advocated the following

policies with regard to other
Far Eastern countries: After
the defeat and unconditional
surrender of Japan, all demo-
cratic forces among the Japan-
ese people should be aided and
encouraged to establish a demo-
cratic regime in Japan. Unless
such a regime is established,
the thorough extermination of
Japanese fascism and militar-
ism will not be possible, and
peace in the Pacific cannot be
guaranteed.

“The decision of the Cairo
Conference to grant: independ-
ence to Korea is correct and the
Chinese people should help the
Korean people to attain libera-
tion and freedom . . . America
has already granted independ-
ence to the Philippines. We
hope that Great Britain will
also grant independence to In-
dia, because an independent,
democratic India is not only de-
manded by the Indian people but
is also necessary for the main-
tenance of world peace.”

With regard to the countries
of Burma, Malaya, the Dutch
East Indies, and Indo China,
Mao declared:

“We hope that Great Britain,
America, and France, after
helping the local peoples to de-
feat the Japanese, will grant
them the right of establishing
independent democratic regimes
in accordance with the policy
advocated at the Crimea Con-
ference with regard to liberated
areas in Europe.” As for Thai-
land, “she should be dealt with
according to the proper meas-
ures for dealing with a fascist
turncoat.”

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