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Jan 17,1933: Three conditions for the Red Army to fight Japanese
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Updated: 2011-03-25 16:36
Jan 17, 1933: Three conditions for the Red Army to fight Japanese
On Jan 17, 1933 the CPC's Comintern delegation, in accordance with the spirit of 12th plenary session of the Comintern executive committee and suggestions of delegation's discussion, published a declaration in the name of Mao Zedong, Xiang Ying, Zhang Guotao and Zhu De, proposing firstly the agreement of the Red Army's preparation for fighting against Japanese with any armed forces jointly under three conditions. These three conditions are: (a) immediately stop attacking the Soviet zone; (b) immediately ensure the democratic rights of the people (of assembly, association, expression, strike, freedom of publication, etc.); (c) immediately arm the people to create the armed volunteer in order to defend the independence of China and for China's unity and territorial integrity.
CPC Heroes
Zhu De
Zhu De, born in Yilong County of Sichuan Province in 1886 and passed away in 1976, is a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman and military strategist.
Chen Yi
A native of Le Zhi, in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and awarded by the People's Republic of China the military rank of marshal; Served as the country's Vice Premier (1954-1972) and Foreign Minister (1958-1972)