The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

By over-all planning, we mean planning which takes into consideration the interests of the 600 million people of our country. In drawing up plans, handling affairs or thinking over problems, we must proceed from the fact that China has a population of 600 million people, and we must never forget this fact.

It was the Russians that introduced the Chinese to Marxism. Before the October Revolution, the Chinese were not only ignorant of Lenin and Stalin but did not even know of Marx or Engels. The salvos of the October Revolution awoke us to Marxism-Leninism.

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

The officers do not beat the men; the officers and men receive equal treatment. Soldiers are free to hold meetings and speak out. Trivial formalities have been done away with and the accounts are open for all to inspect.

Ours is a people's democratic dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the worker-peasant alliance.

It is a very good thing, and a significant one too, to exterminate the bourgeoisie and capitalism in China.