Comments on Two Anti-Corruption Reports from the Military Academy (February 8, 1952) To Liu, Zhu, Zhou, Lin, Nie, Luo Ronghuan, Xiao Hua[1], and all departments of the Central Military Commission: Comrade Xiao Hua is requested to inform Comrade Liu Bocheng[2] by telephone as follows: (1) The two reports dated February 3 and February 4[3] have been received and are very good. (2) Within the Military Academy, including all its subordinate units, there may be anywhere from several dozen to over a hundred “big tigers” and several hundred “small and medium-sized tigers.” He should pay close attention to their apprehension and prosecution. (3) Individuals of the type represented by Zhu Youqin[4] must be severely punished. Mao Zedong, February 8. Printed from the manuscript. Notes [ ] Liu refers to Liu Shaoqi. Zhu refers to Zhu De. Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. Lin refers to Lin Biao, who at that time served as Vice Chairman of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. Nie refers to Nie Rongzhen, who at that time was Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Luo Ronghuan was then Director of the General Political Department of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. Xiao Hua was at the time Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. [2] Liu Bocheng was then President and Political Commissar of the Military Academy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. [ ] Refers to the Party Committee of the Military Academy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, report dated February 3, 1952,


transmitting to the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the Central Military Commission and the General Political Department the Third Briefing on the Three-Anti Campaign, together with Comrade Liu Bocheng’s request report of February 4, 1952, concerning Zhu Youqin’s embezzlement and corruption and his recommendations for handling the matter. [4] Zhu Youqin had formerly been Deputy Minister of Administrative Affairs at the Military Academy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. During the Three-Anti Campaign, he was expelled from the Party and subjected to administrative dismissal and demotion. In February 1980, the Party Committee of the Military Academy reviewed Zhu Youqin’s errors during the Three-Anti Campaign and the penalties imposed upon him. It concluded that while he had indeed committed certain mistakes in his work overseeing the academy’s production activities, the primary factual basis for the original disciplinary measures was significantly flawed. With the approval of the General Political Department, the Party expulsion and the administrative dismissal and demotion were rescinded in April 1980, and Zhu Youqin’s former rank equivalent to that of a divisional commander was restored.