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what he told me and some other comrades of ours personally.
He did not mean that the whole Communist Party should be
added to our Kuomintang and establish a systematic organi sa- tion in it so as to monopolize our Kuomintang and
prejudice our National Revolution. Alliance with Communists
is only a term introduced by the Communists themselves.
The admission of individual Communists is not an alliance
with them nor can it mean a co-operation with them in ruling
China. A true member of our Kuomintang and a faithful follower of our late President is guided solely by the
principles of the "Three Aspects of Democracy", and the
teaching of our President. We did foresee that after the
death of our President from over-work and when he had made
every sacrifice to promote actively our National Revolution
for 40 years, the Communists would become reckless in
their intrigues against us. At first they desired to get hold of Kwangtung with all their might, and this gave rise to their great intrigues of March the 20th last year.
Fortunately they were discovered in time and no serious
trouble was caused. But they could never forget their
defeat, while I in a spirit of generosity, did not want
to be too harsh with them, thinking that we could still
cooperate with them as long as they remained in the
fighting line of our National Revolutionaries. We did
expect that they would approved of our National Revolution
by their words, while by their actions they had opposed
our Northern Expedition, for which purpose their leaders had
actually published some writings. The reason for this is
very simple. For they have known that the militarists
are useful tools for creating Communists. The success
of the Kuomintang in its Northern Expedition, and
the