????????????, ??????. [Yao chuan chu e hua fu hua he tou ji fen zi, bi xun zheng li dang wu]. [Chinese Kuomintang Propaganda Poster - In Order to Eliminate the Evil and Corrupted Forces and Speculators within the Party, We Must Rectify the Party Affairs].

Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) propaganda poster in printed in blue, folded. Issued by the Political Training Department of the Military Affairs Commission, a head portrait of Sun Yat-sen is featured at the top of the poster. Creasing, some minor tears along margins have been neatly repaired with archival tape. A little light staining at margins. Text in traditional Chinese. Sheet measures 78.6 x 27.3cm. The text reads "In order to eliminate the evil and corrupt force and speculators within the party, we must rectify the party affairs." Chiang Kai-shek, ??? [Tan Yankai] and 7 other KMT party leaders presented "Resolutions on the Rectification of Party Affairs" to the 2nd KMT National Congress in May 1926 with the aim of purging communists and pro-communist left wing members from the KMT. ?????????? "The Political Training Department of the Military Affairs Commission", a very short-lived yet powerful department, was established in March 1926 by 2nd Central Executive Committee of the KMT. At this time, the????????????????"Organisation Outline for the Political Training Department of the Military Affairs Commission" states that the department was not only in charge of directing the party and political and cultural affairs within the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) but was also responsible for political appointments within the NRA. In order to improve the military development and prepare for the Northern Expedition, the Political Training Department was replaced by the Office of Politics of NRA Headquarters on 18 June 1926.…