Comments on Xiao Hua’s Report [1] Concerning the DPRK’s Request for Printing and Propaganda Equipment Needed to Strengthen Work Among Enemy and Puppet Troops (December 10, 1952) This document [2] has been read; return it to Xiao Hua for handling. I agree to do our utmost to meet the requests of our Korean comrades. Mao Zedong December 10 Based on the manuscript copy. Notes [1] Xiao Hua was at that time Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. [2] Refers to Xiao Hua’s report dated December 8, 1952, addressed to Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai, requesting China’s assistance—specifically, the provision of several English-speaking cadres as well as propaganda equipment, cultural and educational supplies, and books and other materials—in order to strengthen the DPRK’s efforts to undermine enemy and puppet forces.