Commentary on the Report by the Central Propaganda Department Concerning the Study of “Problems of Socialist Economy in the USSR” and Other Materials Among Senior Cadres in Beijing (December 10, 1952) After Premier Zhou has reviewed it, please forward it to Comrade Qiaomu [1]: I have read this document [2] and find it very good. As previously discussed, there was talk of the Central Committee issuing a supplementary public directive on this study. However, I believe there is no need to issue such a directive; it would suffice to publish a summarizing news report on the study in the newspapers. Mao Zedong December 10 Based on the manuscript for publication. Notes [1] Qiaomu refers to Hu Qiaomu, who at the time served as Mao Zedong’s secretary and deputy head of the CPC Central Committee’s Propaganda Department. [2] This refers to the report submitted by the CPC Central Committee’s Propaganda Department on December 9, 1952, to the Central Committee regarding the study of Stalin’s “Problems of Socialist Economy in the USSR” and documents of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union among senior cadres in more than twenty units in Beijing.