Instructions on a Situation Report
(January 10, 1952)

Comrade Bo Yibo[1]: After reading, forward to Comrade Su Yu[2]:

I think the policy adopted by the Shandong Military Region regarding the issue of army production is a good one. For the time being, the production problem within the military system can only be handled in this way. That is, to implement the policy of "exercising control without moving, and awaiting orders (i.e., expenditures can only be made after approval)" with the greater military region or the second-level military region as the unit.

Mao Zedong
January 10

[1] Bo Yibo, then Deputy Director of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Government Administration Council and Director of the Economy Inspection Committee of the Central People's Government.
[2] Su Yu, then Deputy Commander of the East China Military Region of the People's Liberation Army.