Mao: The Unknown Story

3 –37 Wang Hsien-tsung: HNYZ, pp. 388, 395–8. Mao suspected of stirring things up: ibid., p. 388. President of Yale-in-China: NARA, RG 84.800. Changsha, 1925, vol. 26, no. 1240. Mao decamp: HNYZ, p. 388; Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 135–6.

4 –38 Poem by Xiang River: MRTP vol. 2, pp. 225–6. Clutch of key jobs: Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 137–40; Mao 1920–27, pp. 249–50; cf. Mao writings between 20 Oct. 1925 and 19 May 1926, in Mao 1920–27 (E: MRTP vol. 2, pp. 227–385). Discovery of sleeping pills: MacFarquhar et al., 1989, p. 167 (27 Feb. 1957); cf. Mao, 22 Mar. 1958 in Schram 1974, pp. 118, 119 (compared to Marx). Nov. 1925 form: 21 Nov. 1925, Mao 1993b, vol. 1, p. 141 (E: MRTP vol. 2, p. 238). Articles about peasantry: “Analysis of All the Classes in Chinese Society,” MRTP vol. 2, pp. 249ff., in journal Revolution, 1 Dec. 1925, Mao 1920–27, pp. 219–31; “An Analysis of Classes in Chinese Peasants and Their Attitudes towards the Revolution,” Chinese Peasants, 1 Jan. 1926, in Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 149–50 (E: MRTP vol. 2, pp. 303–9).

5 Moscow order on peasantry, Oct. 1925: VKP vol. 1, pp. 633–6 (Vasiliev to Voitinsky, 2 Oct. 1925). CCP first issued “Letter to Peasants,” 10 Oct. 1925, in ZZWX vol. 1, pp. 509–17; CCP told Hunan to start peasant movement also in that October, ibid., p. 500; Nationalist Hunan Committee report of Aug. 1926 (delivered by Yi Li-rong) says Hunan peasant movement started in Nov. 1925, HNYZ, p. 201, Nationalist Party Central Committee report of 1926 says the same, ibid., p. 28. Back in May 1923: Comintern instruction to CCP 3rd Congress, May 1923, in ZZWX vol. 1, p. 586; Eudin & North, p. 344. Mao’s view in 1924: Dalin 1985, p. 182; id., 1975, p. 149 (letter to Voitinsky, 30 Mar. 1924). Russian criticizes Mao: “V-n” (S. N. Belenkii), Kanton, nos. 8–9 (1926), pp. 149–61; reprinted, with introduction by L. P. Delyusin, pp. 128–9, in Voprosi Filosofii, no. 6, 1969, pp. 130–6; AVPRF, 0100/11/141/81, p. 146. Wang Ching-wei appointed Mao: GNYJ, p. 25; Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 133–6.

6 Russians in Changsha: Mitarevsky, p. 79 (figure corrected); cf. Leonard 1999, pp. 63, 67, 81, n. 53; NA, FO 405/256, pp. 271ff. W(alsworth) Tyng to his mother, Dec. 1926 (Mary Tyng Higgins Papers, Carton 1, Folder 6, Schlesinger Library). Peasant movement develops under Nationalists: Mao, “Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan,” Mar. 1927, Mao 1920–27, p. 419 (E: MRTP vol. 2, pp. 429–64); HNYZ, pp. 793ff.

7 –40 Mao speech 20 Dec. 1926: HNYZ, pp. 445–7 (E: MRTP vol. 2, p. 422). Freyer says Mao moderate: RGASPI, 495/154/294, p. 3 (Freyer, report to Far Eastern Bureau, 18 Jan. 1927). “completely change my attitude”: 7 Aug. 1927, ZDJC vol. 14, p. 5 (E: MRTP vol. 3, p. 30).

8 –41 Quotes from Mao’s Hunan Report: “Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan,” Mao 1920–27, pp. 418–55: “terrifying in their hands”: ibid., pp. 424–5 (E: MRTP vol. 2, p. 44). “terror in the countryside”: ibid., pp. 422–3 (E: pp. 433–5). “forever broken” and not “a moment’s peace”: ibid., pp. 436–7 (E: p. 446). sharp, twin-edged knife: ibid., p. 441 (E: p. 450). “kind of ecstasy,” “wonderful”: ibid., p. 422 (E: p. 432).

9 “one or two beaten to death”: INT. Admonishes attempts to lower violence: CCP Hunan Committee report, Jan. 1927, in HNYZ, p. 456; Mao 1920–27, p. 424 (E: MRTP vol. 2, pp. 434–5). Proposals about land redistribution: e.g. Chen Tu-hsiu’s, in HNYZ, pp. 710–11. Mao’s view: Mao 1993b, vol. 1, p. 193; cf. Schram 1966, p. 99. Published in Comintern journal: 15 June 1927; cf. Glunin 1975, p. 301, n. 2; Mao 1993b, vol. 1, p. 185.

10 One text Mao selected: HNYZ, pp. 333–5. Chen report: 15 June 1927, ZDJC vol. 13, p. 583.