A Directive on Work regarding Catholicism in Shanghai[1]
(December 21, 1956)

Comrade Lu Dingyi[2]:
Is the matter of Catholicism still under your management at present? The work regarding Catholicism in Shanghai merits study. We should educate the cadres there involved in managing and engaging with Catholics, as well as the progressive elements within Catholicism, so that they become adept at performing their tasks.
This item[3] can be read.
Return to Mao after reading.

Mao Zedong
December 21

Notes
[1] This directive was written on the cover of an internal publication of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.
[2] Lu Dingyi was then head of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.
[3] This refers to the report titled "The Thinking Situation of Persons in Religious Circles in Luwan District, Shanghai," carried in this issue of the publication.