Commentary on the Report Concerning the Three-Anti Campaign in Party, Government, and Military Organs in Xinjiang (March 4, 1952) After Liu and Zhou [1] have reviewed it, please forward it to Wang Zhen [2] for his review. Items (2) and (3) under paragraph (2) of this report appear somewhat too strict; they should be made a bit more lenient. As to what would be appropriate, I request that Zhou conduct a study and then discuss the matter with Wang Zhen. The remaining provisions are all sound. Mao Zedong, March 4. Printed from the manuscript.

Notes [1] Liu refers to Liu Shaoqi. Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. [2] Wang Zhen was at that time Secretary of the Xinjiang Branch of the CPC Central Committee and Acting Commander and Acting Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Military Region of the People’s Liberation Army.

[ ] In his report of March 1, 1952, addressed to Mao Zedong and the General Political Department of the CMC, concerning the Three-Anti Campaign in Xinjiang’s party, government, and military organs, Wang Zhen stated that in the provincial-level organs and the armed forces of Xinjiang, the campaign had nearly reached a stage where the problems could be fundamentally resolved. Given Xinjiang’s special circumstances—namely, its complex ethnic issues and the presence of insurgent troops—he proposed that, with regard to units directly under the CMC, the Second and Sixth Armies, the 22nd Corps, the Fifth Army, and local ethnic cadres, questions arising in the Three-Anti Campaign should be handled differently according to their respective situations, through differentiated policy measures. The second item in the report sets forth recommendations for addressing certain issues encountered in the Three-Anti Campaign within the 22nd Corps.