Intra-Party Communication [1]
(May 2, 1959)

Comrades, First Secretaries of the Party Committees of Provinces, Municipalities, and Autonomous Regions:

The situation in Changli County, Hebei Province, and the opinions they have put forward are of a universal nature. Party committees at all levels in all localities should pay attention to resolving these issues, and the sooner the better. If you agree, please forward this letter and the attached document to Party committees at all levels, down to the branch secretaries of the production teams.

Mao Zedong
May 2, 1959

Immediately deliver to Liu, Deng, Zhenlin [3] for reading; Shangkun [4] to send by telegram. After sending, deliver to Zhou, Chen, Lin, Zhu [5] for reading.

[1]
This piece is a letter from Mao Zedong to the First Secretaries of the Party Committees of all provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, forwarding a report dated April 13, 1959, by Wang Shaofei, deputy head of the Changli County Working Group of the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, on the recent work situation and problems of the communes in Changli County, Hebei Province. The title was drafted by Mao Zedong. Wang Shaofei's...