Comrade Shaoqi, after reading, have Shangkun send it by telegram.
Mao Zedong
June 9
[1]
This notice draft, prepared on behalf of the Central Committee by Chen Zhengren, Vice Minister of the Rural Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and Deputy Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Office of the State Council, stated: The Central Committee has decided to convene a meeting on the production of non-staple foods and handicraft production in large and medium-sized cities in Shanghai on June 18, to study the policy for agricultural and sideline production in suburban areas, how to achieve self-sufficiency or semi-self-sufficiency in the supply of non-staple foods more rapidly and effectively, and how to restore and develop handicrafts. The first secretary of each municipal party committee, the municipal party committee secretary in charge of agriculture, and one comrade in charge of handicrafts are requested to attend the meeting, which is scheduled to last five to six days. Mao Zedong revised this directive draft, mainly by adding content concerning the issue of handicraft production.
[2]
Shangkun, namely Yang Shangkun, was then an alternate secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the Central Committee.