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Comments on Xiao Ke’s [1] Summary Report Concerning the Training Department’s Cooperation with Soviet Advisors (December 14, 1952) Peng [2] has reviewed this; please forward it to Comrade Xiao Xiangrong [3]: Kindly circulate this document [4] to all departments of the Military Commission, as well as to the major military regions, the Chinese People’s Volunteers, all military academies, and all field armies for their reference. All units having Soviet advisors should conduct a thorough review of their relations with those advisors, improve such relations, and earnestly study Soviet military science. Mao Zedong, December 14. Printed from the manuscript. Notes [1] Xiao Ke was then Minister of the Training Department of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. [2] Peng refers to Peng Dehuai, who at that time served as Vice Chairman of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. [3] Xiao Xiangrong was then Director of the General Office of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. [4] Refers to Xiao Ke’s summary report dated December 9, 1952, addressed to Mao Zedong and the General Staff of the Military Commission, concerning the Training Department’s two-year experience in cooperating with Soviet advisors.