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5 Mao squatted in Yudu: visit to the site, Apr. 1996; Chen, Xiao et al., pp. 530–1. Treasure hoard to Po Ku: Shu Long, pp. 234–5; Salisbury, p. 50. Begging Moscow to send money: Mirovitskaya 1975, pp. 96–7; cf. Moscow to Shanghai, 26 May 1934, NA, HW 17/3, cable 156; VKP vol. 4, pp. 598–9. Xiang Ying: Wang Fuyi, pp. 98–101; Dai & Luo, pp. 138–41.

6 Comintern to Shanghai, 1 July 1934, VKP vol. 4, p. 619.

7 Frame Xiang: Panyushkin, p. 122 (“doing away with Xiang”); Titov, vol. 1, p. 370; Chou tries to shrug off accusations in talk in Moscow with the KGB’s Mordvinov, 4 Mar. 1940, RGASPI, 514/1/1006, p. 48. Xiang against taking Mao along, Po Ku optimistic: Braun 1982, pp. 87–8. Troublemaking until July: Chen, Xiao et al., pp. 490–4, 511–16, 524–5; Hu Chi-hsi 1982, pp. 102–5. “very disciplined”: Nie 1991, pp. 188–9 (E: pp. 180–1).

8 Little Mao, other children: Wang Xingjuan 1987, pp. 135–7; 163–7; 186–7, 269; Wang Xingjuan 1993, pp. 108–9, 237–40.

9 –125 Interview with Zeng Zhi, 24 Sept. 1994.

10 Last weeks before departure: Gong Chu, pp. 395–9.

11 Nelson Fu: Fu Lianzhang, pp. 3–12; Li Yong et al., pp. 158–60.

12 “link up with the Soviet Union”: Moscow to China, 3 May 1934, NA, HW 17/3, cables 106–115; Vinarov, pp. 373–4; cf. Mirovitskaya 1975, pp. 44–5: Borodin plan from mid-1927. Decoy of 6,000: Mao and Co. declaration, 15 July 1934, Jiangxi Archive & CCP Jiangxi Committee, vol. 2, pp. 726–9 (E: MRTP vol. 4, pp. 768–9); Mao talk, 31 July 1934, Mao 1993a, vol. 1, pp. 351–5 (E: MRTP vol. 4, p. 776); Su Yu, pp. 110–33; Xiang, L, pp. 24–5; Yang, B. 1990, pp. 82–5.

13 Braun 1982, p. 77; Jin Chongji et al. 1990, p. 277.

14 Executions before evacuation: Gong Chu, pp. 430–2. Expert marksman: Kang Keqing, pp. 121–4. “active shop-assistants”: interview with a local Party historian, 8 Apr. 1996. He made abundantly clear: conversation, 7 Apr. 1996. Mao departure: Wu Jiqing, pp. 168–9; Kang Keqing, p. 131.

CHAPTER 12 Long March I: Chiang Lets the Reds Go

1 Long March numbers: Braun 1982, pp. 81, 84; Zhou 1972, p. 66; Li Weihan, pp.343–8. Mao’s treasure: Li Weihan, p. 345; “The autumn rain”: Liu Ying, pp. 58–9; Guo Chen, p. 27.

2 –129 Cantonese troops: Chen, Xiao et al., p. 526; Mao 1993b, vol. 1, pp. 436–7; cf. Sladkovsky, p. 139. Chiang told prime minister: Chiang, pp. 751–2. A close aide: Yan Daogang, p. 9. Red Army walks through fortified lines: Nationalists’ telegram exchanges in Second Archive & Hunan Archive; Li Weihan, p. 348; Nie 1991, pp. 191–5 (E: Nie, pp. 180ff.); Peng 1981, pp. 193–4 (E: Peng, pp. 359–60); Jin Chongji et al., 1993, pp. 329–31; Yan Daogang, pp. 9–10; Xue Yue, section notes under the heading “Xiangsheng zhuijiao.” Chiang appoints Ho Chien: Second Archive & Hunan Archive, pp. 220–1.

3 Crossing Xiang River: Yan Daogang, p. 13; Nationalist army orders, in Second Archive, pp. 186–91; CCP Guilin Committee, pp. 25–8; Museum of the Chinese Revolution, pp. 20–1; Zhu De cable, 1 Dec. 1934, in Central Archive 1996, p. 46; Tong & Li, pp. 295ff., Li Zongren, pp. 638–41; Pai Chung-hsi, p. 90; Braun 1982, pp. 91–2.

4 –13 °Chiang monitoring: Yan Daogang, p. 12. Ho Chien cable: Military History Bureau MND, p. 861. Chiang plan to conquer southwest: Sichuan as “the base”: Chiang, p. 825.

5 Military History Bureau MND, p. 861; Braun 1982, pp. 91–2.

6 To his secretary: Yan Daogang, p. 15. Nation-building blueprint: Chiang, pp. 776–80. Warlords blamed and praised: Chiang, pp. 762–3; Military History Bureau MND, pp. 971–2; Jin Chongji et al.1993, pp. 329–30.