Commentary on the CPC Central Military Commission’s Detailed Rules for the Confidentiality of Secret Documents [1] (January 21, 1953) To Zhou, Liu, and Deng [2]: Please review and return to Xiao Xiangrong for handling. I concur with this document. With regard to Party and government confidentiality, analogous decrees should likewise be promulgated and systems established. Comrade Xiao Xiangrong is requested to forward a complete copy of the CMC’s confidentiality decree to Comrade Deng Xiaoping for study and action. Mao Zedong January 21 Based on the manuscript print. Notes [1] This commentary was written on a report dated January 21, 1953, submitted by Xiao Xiangrong, Director of the General Office of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission, to Mao Zedong concerning the Detailed Rules for the Confidentiality of Secret Documents of the CMC. [ ] Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. Liu refers to Liu Shaoqi. Deng refers to Deng Xiaoping, who at that time served as Vice Premier of the Government Administration Council.