On March 1940, Mao Zedong made a speech entitled "Strategies in the Current Anti-Japanese United Front" at the meeting of senior cadres in Yan 'an.

In the problem report. That is, develop progressive forces, win over the middle forces and isolate the die-hard forces.

Among them, isolating the die-hards means isolating the forces of the big landlords and the big bourgeoisie, and trying to keep those who are willing to resist Japan in the anti-Japanese national United front; On the one hand, we must fight resolutely against the progressive forces ideologically, politically and militarily.

Fighting against the die-hard forces is an indispensable means to develop the progressive forces, win over the middle forces, prevent the situation from reversing and avoid large-scale civil war. However, in the struggle against the die-hards, we must adhere to the principles of rationality, benefit and restraint, and implement the policy of seeking unity through struggle. Struggle is the means of unity, and unity is the purpose of struggle.

Extended data:

Die-hard forces adopt a dual policy, which not only advocates unity and resistance to Japan, but also restricts * * *, dissolves * * *, opposes * * * and destroys progressive forces. Accordingly, the policy of China's * * * production party towards it is unity and struggle.

Therefore, in view of the struggle of the die-hards, China's * * * production party put forward the slogan of "persisting in the war of resistance, opposing surrender, persisting in unity, opposing separatism, persisting in progress and opposing retrogression" and adopted a reasonable, favorable and restrained policy.

Because China's * * * production party adopted the strategy of uniting with the die-hards, although Chiang Kai-shek's government made a lot of friction in eight years and set off three anti-* * climaxes, it did not launch a full-scale civil war or withdraw from the anti-Japanese United front.

People's Network-Strategic Policy (General Policy) in the Anti-Japanese National United Front