Peking, March 11, 1925

I leave behind my a party which, as I always hoped, will be bound up with you inn the historic work of the final liberation of China and other exploited countries from the Imperialist order. By the will of fate I must leave my work unfinished, and hand it over to those who, remaining true to the principles and teaching of the Party, will thereby be my true followers.

Therefore I charge the Kuomintang to continue the work of the revolutionary nationalist movement, so that China, reduced by the Imperialists to a position of a semi-colonial country, may become free.

With the object I have instructed* the Party to be in constant contact with you. I firmly believe in the continuance of the support which you have hitherto accorded my country.

Taking leave of you, dear Comrades, I want to express the hope that the day will come when the U.S.S.R. will welcome a friend and ally in a mighty, free China, and that in the great struggle for the liberation of the oppressed peoples of the world, both these allies will go forward to victory hand in hand.

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. . . What I shall leave behind me is the Kuomintang. It is my hope, while accomplishing its historical mission of ridding China of the bondage of imperialism and helping other fettered nations to free themselves, the Kuomintang will co-operate with you in the days to come as fully as possible. I have already directed* the Kuomintang to establish lasting co-operation with you, earnestly believing meanwhile that your government will gladly continue to lend its assistance unstintingly. Dear Comrades, while taking my final leave of you, I wish to express my ardent hope that before long the dawn will break. This will be the time when the Soviet Union as a good friend and an ally will greet a strong and independent China. Both countries will emerge victorious, I am sure, from their gigantic struggle for the freedom of the oppressed peoples of the world.

 

      * To �have instructed the Party to be in constant contact with you�, or, �directed the Kuomintang to establish lasting co-operation with you� implies there having been records of instructions or directions. One keeps learning. — (WPT).