We will persevere in this policy of ours. For instance, we shall not change it even if the Japanese army carries out its declared intention of using poison-gas against the Eighth Route Army.

• 我们的这种政策是坚持的，例如日军现已公开声言要对八路军施放毒气，即使他们这样做，我们宽待俘虏的政策仍然不变。