Additional Remarks on the Draft Reply Telegram from the Military Commission Approving the 1953 Work Plan of the Central-South Military Region
(March 16, 1953)

(3) Distribute this telegram [1] and the February 23 telegram from the Central-South Military Region Headquarters [2] to all major military regions and the Party Committee of the Volunteer Army. Regarding the practice of allowing subordinates to criticize the mistakes of superiors by presenting their opinions to higher authorities, please proceed accordingly.

(4) Distribute this telegram and the February 23 telegram from the Central-South Military Region to all departments of the Military Commission for study and review. Any mistakes committed should be corrected.

(5) Regarding the issue of some documents issued by various departments of the Military Commission being contradictory to one another, this is not only related to the individual departments but also to the Military Commission’s past lack of unified coordination in this regard. Henceforth, the Military Commission shall establish such unified coordination work.

[1] Refers to the Military Commission’s March 16, 1953, reply telegram approving the 1953 work plan of the Central-South Military Region.
[2] Refers to the February 23, 1953, telegram from the Headquarters of the Central-South Military Region of the People’s Liberation Army to the Military Commission. The telegram stated that during the expanded meeting of the Central-South Military Region Party Committee held from January 7 to 17, 1953, comrades from the provincial military districts raised some opinions regarding organizational structure. They believed that the authorized personnel quota for provincial military district organs was too small. In addition to their own organs, the provincial military districts also managed some subordinate units, and temporary tasks were constantly increasing, such as the mobilization and training of new recruits, receiving wounded soldiers from the Volunteer Army, and resettling disabled personnel. However, there were no specialized agencies for the management, education, and supply of these personnel, nor were they included in the original authorized personnel quota. It was suggested that these circumstances be taken into account when determining organizational structures.