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6.

The Pact will not try to upset the present

Its work will be in the

regime by force of arms.

direction of bringing home to the people a true

realisation of the evil of government of the country

by one single Party, and of the fallacy of some of

the doctrines of the Kuomintang. There was a

report in the newspapers not long ago that I would

command an army against the Nationalists. The

whole thing was a fabrication. As I have informed you, I have no political ambition; all that I desire

is lasting peace to the long-suffering people.

7.

It is my belief that Tang Seng-chi, although

he is now siding with Chiang Kai-shek, is at heart by no means in sympathy with Chiang's policy and

methods. I think that he is making use of Chiang

Kai-shek just as much as Chiang is making use of him.

I would not guarantee that he would throw his whole weight on Chiang's side when he has regained his old

political and military position. Tang Seng-chi

is a good general, and a sound and shrewd man,

though possessing little political experience.

did not believe that he would "come out" at this

juncture, but he, of course, knows his own business

best.

I

8. Wu Pei-fu, as practically everyone knows,

is an honest man, though very obstinate and holding

rather narrow views in political matters. I

understand from his representativex that he has seen

the folly of his former policy of unifying the

whole country by force of arms, and he has now come round to my policy (on which my friendship with him once wrecked) namely, autonomous government of the provinces, under a Central Government, instead of

unifying the country by force,

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