Mao Zedong presided over the meeting of the presidium and delegation directors of the Seventh National Congress of the CPC, and listened to Ye Jianying's introduction of the United States' military deployment in the backstage battlefield of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. Mao Zedong said, “the current policy of the United States is to unite with Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan, reject the Soviet Union to fight against communism, dominate the East in an all-round way, and will never make a concession. Our attitude towards the United States is that as long as it fights against Japan, we are willing to cooperate with it. We need to ask its highest command to send someone to negotiate with us and sign a military treaty. The United States only helps Chiang Kai-shek to fight against the Communist Party, which is very dangerous.” When listening to and discussing the reports of various delegations on the candidates, Mao Zedong said, “the election is not a personal issue, and everyone is free to elect himself unless the election is unfavorable to the Party. All our comrades should make clear what they want to say thoroughly. It has been proven in history that any issue of principle will absolutely be outstanding one day even if they were just walked through. It is conducive to unity to thoroughly make it clear.”