106 会见参加中央军委扩大会议全体同志时的讲话

会见参加中央军委扩大会议全体同志时的讲话

（一九八九年十一月十二日）

最近一段时间，我讲的话很多了，没有新的话要讲了。但是，在我离开军委领导岗位的时候，也应该跟大家讲点话。我的话很短。

我确信，我们的军队能够始终不渝地坚持自己的性质。这个性质是，党的军队，人民的军队，社会主义国家的军队。这与世界各国的军队不同。就是与别的社会主义国家的军队也不同，因为他们的军队与我们的军队经历不同。我们的军队始终要忠于党，忠于人民，忠于国家，忠于社会主义。我确信，我们的军队能够做到这一点，几十年的考验证明军队能够履行自己的责任。

再一点就是，军委领导更换了人。我认为，确定以江泽民同志为核心的党中央，是我们全党做出的正确的选择。江泽民同志是合格的军委主席，因为他是合格的党的总书记。希望大家在以江泽民同志为核心的党中央的领导下，在以他为主席的中央军委的领导下，把我们军队建设得更好，为捍卫我们国家的独立和主权，捍卫我们国家的社会主义事业，捍卫我们党的十一届三中全会以来制定的一系列路线、方针、政策，做出更多更大的贡献。

我虽然离开了军队，并且退休了，但是我还是关注我们党的事业，关注国家的事业，关注军队的前景。

谢谢大家。

SPEECH TO COMRADES WHO HAD ATTENDED AN ENLARGED MEETING OF THE MILITARY

COMMISSION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY

OF CHINA

November 12, 1989

I have spoken a great deal recently, and I have no more to say. Nevertheless, at this time when I'm going to retire from my leading post in the Military

Commission, I think I should talk with you a little. What I have to say is very brief.

I am convinced that our army will be able to steadfastly maintain its own character, that is, that it will continue to belong to the Party, the people and our socialist country. In this respect our army is different from the armies of other countries, including other socialist countries, because our experience has been different from theirs. Our army should always be loyal to our Party, to the people, to our country and to socialism. I am certain that it will remain so and that, having been tested for several decades, it will be able to do its duty.

One more thing I want to tell you is that the Chairman of the Military Commission has been replaced. The Party has decided to place Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core of its Central Committee. I think that is a good choice. Comrade Jiang Zemin is well qualified to be Chairman of the Military Commission because he is well qualified to be General Secretary of the Party. I hope that, under the leadership of the Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core, and of the Military Commission with Comrade Jiang Zemin as Chairman, you will do still better in strengthening the army. Thus, it will be able to make greater contributions to safeguarding the independence and sovereignty of the state, defending the cause of socialism and upholding the line, principles and policies formulated by the Party since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee.

Although I have left the army and retired from all my posts, I shall always be concerned for the cause of our Party and our country and to the future of our army. Thank you.