八路军桂林办事处的统战工作及历史贡献

八路军桂林办事处的统战工作是卓有成效的。它积极开展对国民党上层将领的统战工作，较快地打开了广西抗日民族统一战线的新局面；努力争取桂系国民党民主派人士，发展壮大抗日同盟军；广泛团结进步群众团体和文化界爱国民主人士，使桂林成为全国文化救亡中心。它为我党在国统区的桂林顺利开展各项工作．扩大国内外的统一战线，为我党领导的人民军队争取大量的物资支援，促进桂林成为全国抗日文化中心，促进中国乃至世界反法西斯战争的胜利都作出了不可磨灭的历史贡献。

United Front Work in Guilin Office of the Eighth Route Army and Its Historical Contributions

The united front work in Guilin office of the eighth route army was effective. It actively carried out united front work in the upper generals of the kuomintang （KMT）, quickly opened the new situation of the anti-Japanese national united front of Guangxi; It developed anti-Japanese Allies by uniting pro-democracy figures of the KMT; It widely united progressive mass organizations and cultural patriotic democrats and made Guilin national culture centre; It enlarged the united front; It supplied a large number of goods to the people＇s army and made indelible contributions to the victo- ry of the anti--fascist war of Ghina and the world.