Commentary on a Briefing Report Reflecting Revelations in Certain Provinces and Municipalities Concerning the Rightist Statements and Actions of Individual Senior Cadres in Their Respective Regions (September 6, 1959)Comrades Shaoqi and Peng Zhen [1]: This document [2] might well be transmitted by telegraph to the party committees of all provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions.
In addition, copies should be distributed to various units in Beijing, to all comrades attending the expanded meeting of the Central Military Commission, to all participants in the Foreign Affairs Conference, to all comrades attending the meetings of the various ministries under the Four Commissions [3], and to all comrades at the Agriculture, Forestry, Finance, and Trade Conference.
Please act as you see fit.Mao ZedongSeptember 6Based on the manuscript for publication.Notes[1] Peng Zhen was then a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee.[2] Refers to the briefing report “Certain Provinces and Municipalities Have Exposed the Serious Rightist Statements and Actions of Individual Senior Cadres in Their Respective Regions,” compiled on August 30, 1959, by the Comprehensive Group of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee.[3] The Four Commissions refer to the State Basic Construction Commission, the State Planning Commission, the State Economic Commission, and the Science and Technology Commission.