Commentary on the North China Military Region’s Report Concerning the Treatment of Cadres Dismissed During the Three-Anti Campaign (February 9, 1952) Comrade An Ziwen [1]: Please discuss and draft a course of action on this document [2] together with Comrades Xiao Hua [3] and others. In my view, this proposal is sound; an instruction should be issued accordingly. Mao Zedong February 9 Printed from the manuscript. Notes [1] An Ziwen was at the time Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the Personnel Ministry of the Central People’s Government. [2] Refers to the report submitted on February 7, 1952, by the CPC North China Military Region Committee to Mao Zedong, the General Political Department of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission, and the North China Bureau, concerning the treatment of cadres dismissed during the Three-Anti Campaign. The report proposed that all living and political benefits enjoyed by such cadres by virtue of their posts should be immediately discontinued, and it set forth several specific recommendations for handling their cases. [3] Xiao Hua was at the time Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission.