Commentary on the Issue of Publishing an Editorial Promoting the National Agricultural Development Program (January 26, 1956)  To Comrade Deng Tao of the People’s Daily [1]: This editorial [2] cannot be used, because it completely duplicates Liao Luyan’s report [3] and is even less detailed than the report.
In my view, with that report already available, there is no need to write an editorial.
If one must be written, it should be drafted by you yourselves, taking care not to repeat the content of Liao’s report.
Mao Zedong January 26  Printed from the manuscript.
Notes [1] Deng Tao was at the time the editor-in-chief of the People’s Daily. [2] Refers to the draft editorial on the National Agricultural Development Program written by Minister of Agriculture Liao Luyan for the People’s Daily. [3] Refers to Liao Luyan’s “Explanation of the National Agricultural Development Program for 1956–1967,” delivered at the Sixth Session of the Supreme State Council on January 25, 1956, and published in the People’s Daily on January 26, 1956.