Comment on a Telegram from the Tibet Military Region Regarding the Activities of Rebel Bandits in Bianba and Other Places
(January 22, 1959)

This kind of warfare is very beneficial; it can mobilize the masses and temper the troops. It is best to fight frequently, for five or six years, or seven or eight years, to annihilate the enemy on a large scale, and then the conditions for carrying out reforms will be ripe.

Mao Zedong
January 22
Refers to the telegram sent by the Headquarters of the Tibet Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on January 14, 1959, to the General Staff Department and others regarding the main activities and intentions of the rebel bandits in areas such as Bianba, Zhamu, Xueka, and Shannan at that time. The telegram stated that the rebel bandits were currently assembling in these areas, ambushing our troops, besieging our point-defense units, and attempting to cut off vital communication lines, and their arrogance was extremely rampant. Our point-defense units were forced to fight back in self-defense. In view of the fact that the current activities of the rebel bandits were more rampant than before, the Military Region issued "Analysis and Judgment of the Enemy Situation and Instructions on Organizing Convoy Combat Readiness" on December 25 last year and "Instructions on Issues for Attention by Point-Defense Units" on January 10 this year, respectively, requiring the departments in charge of point-defense units and personnel on external duties to conscientiously study and implement them, strictly guard against enemy ambushes, and ensure safety.

Comment on the Draft Editorial of *People's Daily*
"Conscientiously Implement the Party's Policy on Chinese Medicine"
(January 22, 1959)

Comrade Hu Qiaomu [1]:
This piece [2] is usable, release as is.

Mao Zedong
January 22

[1]
Hu Qiaomu, then Alternate Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary to Mao Zedong.
[2]
Refers to the draft editorial of *People's Daily*, "Conscientiously Implement the Party's Policy on Chinese Medicine," submitted for review by Deng Xiaoping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, on January 21, 1959. It was later published in *People's Daily* on January 25, 1959.

Congratulatory Message to the 21st Congress of the CPSU [1]
(January 23, 1959)

To the 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Dear Comrade Delegates,

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, on behalf of the entire Chinese people and all members of the Communist Party of China, extends warm fraternal congratulations to the 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and expresses sincere and heartfelt respect to the great Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet people.

Since the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Soviet people, under the correct leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union headed by Comrade Khrushchev, have achieved a series of tremendous successes in communist construction and have made many significant contributions in the common struggle to unite peace-loving countries and peoples worldwide to safeguard peace and stop war. Recently, the successful launching of a cosmic rocket by the Soviet Union has once again demonstrated that Soviet science and technology have reached a brilliant and splendid peak.

Now, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in accordance with the great program for building communism, has put forward the plan for developing the national economy for 1959–1965. The realization of this plan will establish a solid foundation in both material and spiritual conditions for the Soviet Union's transition to communism, and will enrich the treasure house of Marxism-Leninism with valuable experience in building communism. The realization of this plan will also further change the balance of world forces, making it even more favorable for the lofty cause of striving for world

[1]
This is the congratulatory message from the CPC Central Committee to the 21st Congress of the CPSU, signed by Mao Zedong. It was read out by Zhou Enlai, head of the CPC Central Committee delegation, on the morning of January 28, 1959, at the 21st Congress of the CPSU.

peace and human progress. The great Seven-Year Plan further proves the incomparable superiority of socialism over capitalism, and proves that socialism will inevitably surpass capitalism in peaceful competition.

The Soviet people under the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union have always been a glorious example for the proletariat of all countries and the entire progressive humanity. We are convinced that, inspired by the 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the proletariat of all countries and the entire progressive humanity will struggle with even greater confidence and hundredfold conviction for the great cause of world peace and human progress.

Since the 1957 Moscow Meeting of representatives of the Communist and Workers' Parties of various countries, the unity of the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union and the unity of the international communist movement centered on the Communist Party of the Soviet Union have undergone significant development, whether in defending and developing Marxism-Leninism, in mutual support and mutual inspiration in all struggles, or in mutual learning and exchange of experience. The socialist countries and the Communist Parties of various countries in the world have achieved many new successes in their work and struggles. Although the imperialists and modern revisionists are still playing intrigues to undermine the internationalist unity of the proletariat, these intrigues will, as in the past, meet with shameful defeat.

At present, imperialism is suffering severe blows from economic crises and social conflicts, their colonial system is further disintegrating, and their internal ranks are gradually moving towards disintegration. Socialism, together with the national independence movements supported by socialism and the struggle to defend world peace, have merged into an irresistible tide. The deathbed struggles of the imperialists and all reactionaries can in no way save them from their final doom.

The Chinese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, are going all out, aiming high, and carrying out socialist construction with greater, faster, better, and more economical results. Over the past year, China's economic construction and cultural construction have achieved unprecedented victories. Through these victories, the Chinese people have gained even stronger confidence in accelerating the development of socialist construction. In the struggle to build and defend their own country, the Chinese people have consistently received fraternal assistance and support from the Soviet Union. We

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