-----------------------PARTY CONGRESS | | Central Party Chief Control | Committee Central Executive Committee Standing Committee | Party Secretariat | ------------Central Party Administrative System---------------- | | | | | | | | Overseas- | | | | Provincial | Chinese | | | | Party | Party | | | | Organ | Organ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Special | | | | | | Party Organ | | | | | Special for Army | | _Hsien_ Direct | Party Navy, | Special or Overseas- | Organ Air Forces | Municipal Municipal Chinese | for and | Party Party Party | Railwaymen Military | Organ Organ Organ | and Schools | | | | | Seamen | | | | | | | | Direct District District | Branch District District District Party Party | Party Party Organ Party Organ Party Organ Organ | Organ | | organ | | | | | | | | | Sub-organ Sub-organ Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub- Sub- [_Pu-fên_] | district district district district district | | Party Party Party Party Party | | Organ Organ Organ Organ Organ | | | | | | | Small Small Small Small Small Small Small Group Group Group Group Group Group Group [_Hsiao-tsu_] Much of this exists only on paper. After the break with the Communists in 1927, and the transformation of the Kuomintang from a government-destroying to a governing agency, the functional and agitational groups were allowed to slip into desuetude. Under the pressure of war, and the encouraging political situation, which puts a premium on action, the Kuomintang has adopted a variety of policies designed to maintain its position. THE KUOMINTANG BID FOR LEADERSHIP