April 17, 1968
Discussion between Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong
ZHOU ENLAI AND PHAM VAN DONG
17 April 1968
Zhou Enlai: You must be prepared to fight for the next two or three years, namely 1968, 1969, and 1970. Comrade Mao said that the question is not that of success or failure, nor of big or small success, but of how you gain the great victory. It is high time you gain a complete victory. That task gives rise to the need for large-scale battles.
Zhou Enlai presses for a great victory, telling Pham Van Dong he must be ready to fight for the next three years.
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