On the General Logistics Department Situation Brief Prepared by Xiao Xiangrong [I]
Commentary on Brief No. 1
(August 17, 1952)
Such intelligence [2] is useful and should be compiled by all departments of the Military Commission; it shall be centrally managed by the General Office.
Mao Zedong
August 17
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Xiao Xiangrong was then the Director of the General Office of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission.
[2]
Refers to the abstract of Brief No. 1 on the situation of the General Logistics Department, submitted by Xiao Xiangrong to Mao Zedong on August 16, 1952. The main contents include:
(1) The preparatory work for the conference on the finances and supply of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, to be held in Beijing in August. (2) The situation of the symposium convened by various departments of the Military Commission regarding the formulation of the 1953 budget for all military expenditures. (3) The central and critical issue in the supply operations of the Chinese People’s Volunteers—the problem of ensuring an adequate fleet of motor vehicles. (4) The matter of ordering the medicines required by the Chinese People’s Volunteers. (5) The arrangements for reducing the workforce at the Tianjin Medical Materials Factory under the Ministry of Public Health. (6) Measures to improve document-processing procedures and enhance the professional competence of cadres.