Approval Comment on the Report on Convening the National Military Expenditure Budget Conference[1]

(December 1, 1949)

Liu, Zhu, Zhou, Nie[2], and inform Yang Lisan:

I approve the opinions stated in this document[3]. When the conference convenes, please pay attention to providing guidance, as this matter is closely related to the national financial budget.

Mao Zedong
December 1

[1] This is Mao Zedong's comment on the report dated December 1, 1949, by Yang Lisan, Director of the General Rear Services Department of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government.
[2] Liu refers to Liu Shaoqi. Zhu refers to Zhu De. Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. Nie refers to Nie Rongzhen, then Deputy Chief of General Staff of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government.
[3] Refers to Yang Lisan's report. The report stated: The 1950 National Military Expenditure Budget Conference is scheduled to convene in Beijing on December 10, 1949. It has been agreed that...