抗战后期曾驻延安任美军观察团负责人的谢伟思,对毛泽东为什么在共产党人中具有那么高的威望不得其解。他后来回忆说:“我曾问过很多中国共产党的朋友们,毛主席为什么能战胜他的许多敌人,成为众所公认的领袖,他们的答案都是一致的,归根到底,他高瞻远瞩。” Xie Weisi, who had been the head of the U.S. military observer group in Yenan in the late Anti-Japanese War, could not understand why Mao Zedong had such high prestige among Communists. He later recalled: “I have asked many Chinese Communist friends and Chairman Mao why they can defeat many of his enemies and become well-recognized leaders. Their answers are the same. In the final analysis, he has a long-term vision.” "