Comments on Xiao Hua’s [I] Report Concerning North Korea’s Request for Printing and Propaganda Equipment Needed to Strengthen Work Among Enemy and Puppet Forces
(December 10, 1952)
This document was read on the 12th; 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
[I]
Xiao Hua, who at the time served as 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 in supporting North Korea’s efforts to undermine enemy and puppet forces by providing a few English-speaking cadres, along with propaganda materials, cultural and educational supplies, and books and reference materials.