Regarding the Military System's
Report on Work to the Central Committee
(December 14, 1956)

Return to Comrade Peng Dehuai:
Preparations may be made to review the work of several military departments in the spring or between spring and summer.

Mao Zedong
December 14

[1] This comment was written on Comrade Peng Dehuai's December 13, 1956, request for instructions to Mao Zedong regarding the military system's report on work to the Central Committee. The report stated: You mentioned twice this summer that the various departments of the military system should, like the government ministries, systematically report their work to the Central Committee. I believe this is not only necessary for the comrades in the Political Bureau or the Standing Committee of the Central Committee to understand national defense construction, but also for the military system...