The stand we took before the Southern Anhwei Incident,as expressed in our November 9 telegram,was entirely necessary for our shift to the political counter-attack after the incident; otherwise we could not have won over the intermediate sections.

• 我们在皖南事变前所榷佳电的立场，对于事变后我们转入政治的反攻是完全必要的，非此即不能争取中间派。