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2 –110 “recantation notice”: Shun Pao, Shanghai newspaper, 20 Feb. 1932; Jin Chongji et al. 1990, pp. 248–9. Mao to crisis meeting: Wang Xingjuan 1987, p. 169; Mao 1993b, vol. 1, p. 367; Red Army Political Dept. order, 17 Mar. 1932, ZDJC vol. 15, pp. 164–6; Fan Hao, pp. 103–4; cable from Chou, Wang Jia-xiang, Ren Bi-shi and Zhu De to Shanghai (forwarded to Moscow, arrived 3 May 1932), RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 82.

3 –111 Chou gave Mao two-thirds of army: Mao 1993b, vol. 1, p. 368; Zhou 1991, p. 218; Chou et al. cable (arrived 3 May 1932), RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 82. Mao changed route to coast: Military Council’s order of routes, 18 Mar. 1932, in Jin Chongji et al. 1993, p. 284; but Mao: Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 368–9; Fan Hao, p. 104; Mao 1993a, vol. 1, pp. 263–8; Ningdu meeting bulletin, 21 Oct. 1932, ZZWX vol. 8, p. 528; cable from Chou et al. (arrived 3 May 1932), cit. cf. Titov, vol. 1, pp. 376–7 and later report by Mao Tse-min to Comintern defending Mao Tse-tung’s actions, cited ibid.

4 Sent colleagues press cuttings: Mao 1993b, vol. 1, p. 374. Ewert stressed to Ruijin: Ewert to Moscow, Oct. 1932, cited in Titov, vol. 1, pp. 381–2; cf. Ewert to Piatnitsky, 8 Oct. 1932, VKP vol. 4, pp. 193–4. Private fortune in cave: Salisbury, pp. 49–50; interview with a local Party historian, 23 May 1997; Shu Long, pp. 234–5.

5 Party leadership “utterly wrong”: Mao, 3 May 1932, Mao 1993a, vol. 1, pp. 271–2 (E: MRTP vol. 4, p. 217). Had to return to Jiangxi: Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 375–8; Gong Chu, pp. 324–5; Chen, Xiao et al., pp. 332, 346.

6 Zhang Xuexin et al., p. 227; Xiao Jingguang, pp. 112–16; Chen, Xiao et al., pp. 334–8.

7 MRTP vol. 4, p. 207; intra-CCP communications, e.g. Mao to Chou, 22 Apr. 1932, Mao 1993a, vol. 1, pp. 269–70. (E: MRTP vol. 4, pp. 215–16).

8 “right opportunism”: cable from Chou et al. (arrived Moscow 3 May 1932), original in English, RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 82. Keep Mao on board: CCP cable to Comintern, 27 May 1932 (“concerning relation to Mao … perfectly agree”), RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 97; and Ruijin to Shanghai, 9 June 1932 referring to “Comintern directive” of 15 May 1932, RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 109. 25 July: DDWX, 1990, no. 2, pp. 31–3. Mao chief political commissar: ZDJC vol. 15, p. 168.

9 Mao sat for a month: Mao cables and orders, Sept. 1932, Mao 1993a, vol. 1, pp. 284–307; Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 382–8. Moscow strategy: DDWX, 1990, no. 2, p. 39. Mao wait and see: Mao, 26 Sept. 1932, Mao 1993a, vol. 1, pp. 298–304. “extremely dangerous”: DDWX, 1990, no. 2, p. 38. “Sometimes arguments”: in Zhang Xuexin et al., p. 245. Ningdu meeting: Shanghai to Ruijin, 30 Sept. 1932, RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 248; Shanghai to Ruijin, 7 Oct. 1932, RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 253; Ewert to Piatnitsky, 8 Oct. 1932, VKP vol. 4, pp. 193–4; cf. Shanghai to Comintern, 16 Oct. (ibid., p. 197); Wang Ming to Soviet Party at Comintern, 2 Nov., ibid., p. 199; Shanghai to Comintern, 11 Nov., RGASPI, 495/19/217a, p. 276; Titov vol. 1, pp. 377–85; bulletin, 21 Oct. 1932, ZZWX vol. 8, pp. 528–31; report, 12 Nov. 1932, Zhang Xuexin et al., pp. 244–5. Po Ku infuriated: Mao 1993b, vol. 1, p. 389.