CO129-500-2 Canton situation- governor's despatches 30-6-1927 - 8-11-1927 — Page 62

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Enclosure No. b.

Translation.

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(Extract from Kwok Man Shan Man, Canton. 11th May, 1927)

General Programme of the Propaganda issued to the

Peasants by the Political Department of the Central Military

Academy in respect of the Party Purification Movement.

(1) What is meant by Party Purification Movement?

A Revolutionary Party should be revolutionary in

nature from head to tail. Should there be any non-

revolutionists, bogus revolutionists, or reactionaries,

we should not fail to have such bad portions eliminated, otherwise the Party will be destroyed. A movement to eliminate the non-revolutionists, bogus revolutionists and reactionaries in a Party is called a Party Purification

Movement. Now in our Party the Chinese Kuomintang - the leading non-revolutionists, bogus revolutionists and reactionaries are the Communist elements, who hold member- ship in the Kuomintang in addition to their membership in the Communist Party. Therefore the object of our present Party Purification is to remove the Communist elements who hold membership in our Kuomintang. We must overthrow the Chinese Communists. We cannot exist together with them.

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(2) Facts as to the admission of the Communists into

our Chinese Kuomintang.

On the reorganization of our Chinese Kuomintang in the 13th year of the Republic (1924), in order to centralize all revolutionary influences all revolutionaries were admitted, on the condition that they observed the principles, discipline and resolutions of our Kuomintang, and worked hard for the National Revolution. At that time

the

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