Comments and Revisions on the Draft Report Prepared by the General Political Department to Investigate U.S. Military Abuse of Prisoners of War (May 21, 1953) Zhou [1] reviewed it again and added one more point [2]. Printed from Mao Zedong’s manuscript. 2. The investigation should adhere to the principle of seeking truth from facts: report what there is, even if it is little; do not exaggerate subjectively, yet neither deliberately downplay the situation. Printed from Mao Zedong’s manuscript. Notes [ ] Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. Peng refers to Peng Dehuai, who at that time served as Vice Chairman of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission and Commander and Political Commissar of the Chinese People’s Volunteers.

[2] Refers to the fourth item added by Mao Zedong to the draft report submitted on May 20, 1953, by the General Political Department of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission to Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai, and others, concerning the preliminary arrangements for investigating U.S. military atrocities against prisoners of war—namely, the present document (II).