Notes on Nie Rongzhen’s [1] Report Concerning the Reorganization of the Shandong Hui Muslim Detachment (January 4, 1952) After Liu Geping [2] has reviewed it, please forward it to Comrade Nie Rongzhen for action. (1) Agree to retain the original designation and treat it as a local unit; (2) Request that Nie investigate and report on the circumstances surrounding the disbandment of Hui Muslim units in North China in the past; (3) Ask Comrade Liu Geping to keep this matter under regular review and to bring to my attention directly any instances where matters concerning the Hui and other minority groups have been handled improperly. Mao Zedong January 4 Based on the manuscript copy. Notes [1] Nie Rongzhen was at the time Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. [2] Liu Geping was at the time Deputy Director of the Committee on Ethnic Affairs of the Central People’s Government.