Central Telegram on Involving Non-Party Figures in the Guangzhou Military Control Commission and Other Bodies (October 7, 1949) To Ye Fang[1], with copy to the Central China Bureau: Your telegram of You-Dong has been received.   (1) In addition to the list you have proposed for the Guangzhou Military Control Commission and the Guangzhou Garrison Command, three non-party figures—Li Zhangda, Zhang Luchun, and Wu Qiwei[2]—should be included as members of the Military Control Commission.   (2) Both the Guangzhou Military Control Commission and the Guangdong Provincial Government shall be appointed by the Central People’s Government.   (3) When drawing up the list for the provincial government, you should ensure the inclusion of a number of non-party personnel.

Printed from Mao Zedong’s manuscript under the Central directive of You-Yu.

Notes [ ] Ye refers to Ye Jianying, who at that time served as First Secretary of the South China Branch of the CPC Central Committee and Commander and Political Commissar of the Guangdong Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Fang refers to Fang Fang, who at that time was Third Secretary of the South China Branch of the CPC Central Committee. [2] Li Zhangda was then a member of the Central People’s Government and a member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. Zhang Luchun was an independent democratic figure. Wu Qiwei was a former Nationalist government military commander who, in May 1949, led his troops in an uprising in eastern Guangdong and western Fujian; he was at the time a member of the First National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.