Comments on Several Reports
(June 26, 1958)
Issues in the Machinery Industry
This document is to be distributed by Pl to all comrades attending the Military Commission meeting. It is divided into several sections; although the full text is lengthy, each section is quite short and highly engaging, making it well worth a read.
Mao Zedong
June 26
Please have Ke Cheng handle it orally.
[1]
Refers to several reports submitted by the First Ministry of Machine-Building Industry to Mao Zedong and the CPC Central Committee concerning issues in the machinery industry, primarily including:
A Report on Heavy Machinery Manufacturing; A Report on the Production Distribution and Allocation of Free-Forging Hydraulic Presses; A Report on Metallurgical Equipment Manufacturing; A Report on Power Station Equipment Manufacturing; A Report on Petroleum Equipment Manufacturing; and A Report on Nitrogen Fertilizer Equipment Manufacturing.
[2]
Ke Cheng,
i.e., Huang Kecheng, who at that time served as Secretary-General of the CPC Central Military Commission and Vice Minister of National Defense.