Letter to Xiao San, April 29, 1941Comrade Xiao San: I have read your poem; it is very interesting.
Since the newspapers will not publish it, why not have it posted on the streets?
If you have time, please come and talk with me.
Respectfully submitted.I shall return the original to you.
Mao ZedongDocuments and Research (Collected in 1981)Published by the Central Party School Press of the CPC, November 19, 1983Letter to Xiao San, No. 385Telegram to Zhou Enlai, April 21, 1941, 12:00Comrade Enlai:() We have received your telegram of the 21st.
The documents from the Fifth Plenary Session and the Zunyi Meeting will be transmitted by telegraph immediately.() In October of last year, the Politburo conducted a thorough review of the question of the past line and unanimously concluded that the central line from the Fourth Plenary Session up to the “September 18th Incident” was basically correct, though it contained several serious errors of principle.
From the “September 18th Incident” until the Zunyi Meeting—spanning three years and four months—the central line was erroneous.
After the Zunyi Meeting, however, the central line has been correct.
A draft of the conclusion has been prepared, but discussion and decision can only take place after Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, and Peng Dehuai return before the Seventh National Congress; it will then be submitted to the Congress for adoption and published internally (not for external circulation). At present, in the advanced study groups, one may discuss past issues, provided that such discussions do not involve questions of personnel.
The purpose of this study is to learn from past mistakes in order to prevent future ones, to cure the illness and save the patient.
Please pay particular attention to this point.Mao Zedong & Wang JiaxiangStudies in Party History, No. 5, October 1984“Two Letters and Telegrams by Comrade Mao Zedong Concerning the Yan’an Rectification Movement.”Telegram to Zhou Enlai, No. 387