“攘外必先安内”政策辨析

On the Policy of "Stabilizing Domestic Situation before Resisting Foreign Aggression"

"攘外必先安内"政策有许多需要再认识之处。它的提出绝不仅仅为了剿共,而有其特定的多重原因;安内的对象不惟中共及其军队,是变化的、多样的;它非蒋介石一人之主张,而是得到国民党和社会一定程度的认同;其反动性应看是否反人民、是否损害国家利益,而不宜以是否反共论。

It is of necessity to re-study the policy of ＂stabilizing domestic situation before resisting foreign aggression＂, the forming of which was not only for the purpose to destroy the army of CPC, but also for quite a lot of specific reasons. CPC was not the only factor influencing Chinese national situation at that time, there were still some other various and changing factors that needs to be stabilized, and this policy was accepted in some extent by the whole society of that time. Therefore, the reactionarism of this policy should depend on whether it was against the willingness of the whole people and the interest of the country, but not just depend on whether it was against the CPC.