The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and

The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai

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A close look at Zhou Enlai’s February 7, 1929, letter to Mao Zedong and Zhu De. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 E. H. Carr, Foundations of a Planned Economy, vol. 3 Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party Some names from this episode: Zhou Enlai, head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee Xiang Zhongfa, General secretary of the CP Li Lisan, Leading Communist Support the Show.

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