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failed and the troops were finally defeated by our enemy.
During the second period, which has extended from January 1933
to the present time, the situation has greatly improved. This has
come about because great numbers of people who have been oppressed
by the enemy have decided to resist, and because of the participation
of the Chinese Communists in the anti-Japanese warm,
and because of the fine work of the volunteer units. The guerrillas
have finally educated the people to the meaning of guerrilla warfare,
and in the northeast, it has again become an important and powerful
influence. Already seven or eight guerrilla regiments and a
number of independent platoons have been formed, and their activities
make it necessary for the Japanese to send troops after them
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month after month. These units hamper the Japanese and under-
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mine their control in the northeast, while, at the same time, they
inspire a Nationalist revolution in Korea. Such activities are not
merely of transient and local importance but directly contribute to
our ultimate victory.
However, there are still some weak points. For instance: National
defence policy has not been sufficiently developed; participation
of the people is not general; internal political organization is
still in its primary stages; and the force used to attack the Japanese
and the puppet governments is not yet sufficient. But if present
policy is continued tenaciously, NOT all FOR these weaknesses will be overcome.
Experience proves that guerrilla war will develop to even
greater proportions and that, in spite of the cruelty of the Japanese
and the many methods COMMERCIAL
they have device to cheat the people, they
cannot extinguish guerrilla activities in the three northeastern provinces.
The guerrilla experiences of China and of other countries that
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prove that in a war of revolutionary nature such
hostilities are possible, natural and necessary. They prove that if
the present anti-Japanese war for the emancipation of the masses of
the Chinese people is to gain ultimate victory, such hostilities must
expand tremendously.
Historical experience is written in iron and blood. We must point
out that the guerrilla campaigns being waged in China today are a
page in history that has no precedent. Their influence will not be
confined solely to China in her present anti-Japanese war but will
be world-wide.