CCP Central Military Commission’s Endorsement on the North China Military Region Party Committee’s Report Concerning the Three-Anti Campaign and Future Plans (March 3, 1952)  To the Party Committees of All Major Military Regions and the Chinese People’s Volunteers, with copy to all military region and corps/division party committees at various levels, and notification to all Central Bureaus:

We are hereby transmitting one copy of the North China Military Region Party Committee’s report dated March 2, 1952 [1] for your reference. We consider this report to be correct. You are requested to follow the North China Military Region’s approach and handle matters separately according to differing local conditions.

In the final stage of the Three-Anti Campaign, it is imperative to call upon cadres at all levels to thoroughly account, through meetings and written self-criticism reports, for their relationships with the bourgeoisie—whether in their families, among relatives, or with friends. This point is of great importance; please act accordingly.

Issued by the CCP Central Military Commission on March 3, based on Mao Zedong’s handwritten draft.

Notes [ ] refer to the report of the CPC North China Military Region Committee, dated March 2, 1952, concerning the current situation of the Three-Anti Campaign and future plans. The report states that the campaign to “catch tigers” within the North China Military Region is currently at its peak, and that the movement as a whole remains generally healthy, though highly uneven. Units where the campaign has started later and where there are many “tigers” still need to devote full effort to capturing them; additional targets have been assigned to such units. As for those units that have largely completed or are close to completing the task, the leading forces should immediately or gradually shift their focus to post-campaign cleanup and consolidation work.

With regard to the subsequent phase, the report sets out different guidelines for the screening and disposition of corrupt elements, the recovery of stolen funds, democratic make-up sessions, the formulation of rules and conventions, the settlement of personal affairs, and the summarization and consolidation of political and ideological gains, tailored to local circumstances. It further proposes that, during the democratic make-up sessions, officers at the platoon level and above, in addition to submitting written self-criticism reports, must also clearly explain all their connections with the bourgeoisie.