On the Arrangements for the Three-Anti Campaign and Reorganization in the Army
Telegram to Comrade Tan Zheng¹
(December 24, 1951)

Comrade Tan Zheng, and inform Comrades Chen Yi² and He Long³:
Your telegram of December 22 has been received, and the other documents have also arrived. My opinion has already been stated in the telegram replying to the Party Committee of the Central South Military Region⁴, namely, the campaign should be launched, but it must not be allowed to interfere with the work of reorganization. You should maintain close contact with the various military regions by telephone to adjust timing and effort. Provincial military regions should, before January 10, use a very short period of time, for example one to two weeks, to make an initial investigation into the situation of corruption and waste and to launch preliminary struggles, and submit a preliminary report to the Military Commission. Military sub-regions may then launch a preliminary struggle before the end of January. All units undergoing reorganization must devote a short period of time to carrying out this struggle. All units not undergoing reorganization for the time being may have a longer period to carry out this struggle, but it should not be drawn out too long, a little over a month at most should suffice, and it must be integrated with other work.

Mao Zedong
December 24

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[1] Tan Zheng, then serving as Third Political Commissar of the Central South Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
[2] Chen Yi, then serving as Commander of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
[3] He Long, then serving as Commander of the Southwest Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
[4] Refers to Mao Zedong's telegram of December 21, 1951 to the Party Committee of the Central South Military Region on carrying out a Three-Anti struggle in the army before reorganization.