Forward the report from the Wutai County Party Committee on launching the campaign for the surrender of illicit gains [1] with the following comment
(March 13, 1952)

All units are requested to earnestly organize the surrender of illicit gains by embezzlers, ensuring that the process is carried through from beginning to end and does not start with a flourish but end in a whimper.

Mao Zedong
March 13

Printed from the manuscript.

**Note**

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[1] Refers to the report submitted on March 3, 1952, by the Wutai County Party Committee of Shanxi Province to the Central Committee, the North China Bureau, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Prefectural Party Committee regarding the situation and experience in launching the campaign for the surrender of illicit gains. The report stated that during the anti-embezzlement campaign, it was discovered that many embezzlers, particularly those involved in larger cases, were unwilling to surrender their illicit gains, with some even openly resisting the effort. This indicated that the surrender of illicit gains by embezzlers was no simple matter but rather a fierce class struggle, requiring a more resolute approach toward them. Regarding the experience in launching the campaign for the surrender of illicit gains, the report summarized the following points: 1. It is necessary to engage in intense ideological struggle to overcome the embezzlers’ reluctance to surrender their illicit gains. 2. Fully mobilize the masses, carry out effective work with the families of embezzlers, unite small and medium embezzlers, and wage a determined struggle against those who stubbornly resist. 3. Repeatedly clarify policies and demonstrate them through typical examples. 4. Exploit the embezzlers’...