To Comrades Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping\[1\] on Reviewing the Central Committee's Draft Comments and Directives on the Technical Revolution, the Mess Hall Issue, and Health Work
(March 16, 1960)

Comrades Shaoqi and Xiaoping:

Two comments have been drafted on behalf of the Central Committee, one concerning the issue of the technical revolution\[2\] and the other concerning the issue of mess halls\[3\], and are hereby submitted. Please convene the relevant comrades for a discussion. If agreed, please issue them promptly. If there are opinions, please make direct revisions. In addition, a telegram has been drafted for the Central Committee concerning health work\[4\], which is also submitted for review. Prompt handling is requested!

Mao Zedong
March 16

Three attached documents. There are also three other documents—one for forwarding a Shandong document, one a Hunan document, and one a Jiangsu document\[5\]—which were submitted yesterday. Please confirm receipt.

Based on the manuscript.

**Notes**
\[1\] Deng Xiaoping was then serving as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
\[2\] Refers to the draft comment drafted by Mao Zedong on March 16, 1960, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for forwarding two materials: the "Report of the Party Group of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions on the Current Situation of Technical Innovation and the Technical Revolution" and "The Technical Revolution Movement Reaps a Large-Area Harvest" from the tenth issue of *Economic News*. See pp. £·–78 of this volume. On March 18, the Central Committee issued this comment with no changes in content.
\[3\] Refers to the draft comment drafted by Mao Zedong on March 15, 1960, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for forwarding three materials: "The Situation of Rural Public Mess Halls in Eight Provinces," "The Situation of Rural Public Mess Halls in Henan Province," and "The National Situation of Rural Public Mess Halls at the End of 1959." See pp. 69–70 of this volume. On March 18, the Central Committee issued this comment with no changes in content.
\[4\] Refers to the draft directive on health work drafted by Mao Zedong on March 16, 1960, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. See pp. 80–82 of this volume. On March 18, the Central Committee issued this directive with no changes in content.
\[5\] Refers to the draft comment and attachment drafted by Mao Zedong on March 15, 1960, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for forwarding the report of the Shandong Provincial Committee on the situation of livelihood arrangements; the draft comment and attachment for forwarding the comprehensive report on the agricultural production situation in Hunan Province; and the draft comment and attachment drafted on March 14 on behalf of the Central Committee for forwarding the report of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee on convening the six-level cadres conference deployment. See pp. 62–63, pp. 64–65, and pp. 60–61 of this volume, respectively.

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Comment on Revising the Reports by Li Fuchun and Li Xiannian\[1\] to the National People's Congress
(March 16, 1960)

Comrade Qiaomu\[2\]:

How is the progress on revising Fuchun's report\[3\]? You must finish revising it by March 18, so that on the 19th and 20th you can help revise Xiannian's report\[4\]. Xiannian's report is currently being revised by Wu Lengxi\[5\]. Would it be possible to ask Boda\[6\] to go and help him revise it first, so that your final two days of review and revision will require less effort?

Mao Zedong
March 16, 8:00 a.m.

Based on the manuscript.

**Notes**
\[1\] Li Fuchun was then serving as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Director of the State Planning Commission. Li Xiannian was then serving as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Minister of Finance.
\[2\] Qiaomu, i.e., Hu Qiaomu, was then serving as an alternate secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of China and secretary to Mao Zedong.
\[3\] Refers to the "Report on the Draft 1960 National Economic Plan" delivered by Li Fuchun on March 30, 1960, at the Second Session of the Second National People's Congress.
\[4\] Refers to the "Report on the 1959 State Final Accounts and the Draft 1960 State Budget" delivered by Li Xiannian on March 30, 1960, at the Second Session of the Second National People's Congress.
\[5\] Wu Lengxi was then serving as Director of the Xinhua News Agency and Editor-in-Chief of *People's Daily*.
\[6\] Boda, i.e., Chen Boda, was then serving as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Central Political Research Office, and secretary to Mao Zedong.

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Comment on the Issue of Concluding a Sino-Mongolian Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation\[1\]
(March 21, 1960)

Agreed. It seems appropriate to send a copy each to the Soviet Union, Korea, and Vietnam. If Korea and Vietnam wish to conclude similar treaties and treaties of friendship, alliance, and mutual assistance containing military aid clauses, I think that would also be permissible. Whether this opinion is appropriate, please raise it for discussion and decision at a Central Committee meeting.

Mao Zedong
March 21

Based on a copy held in the Central Archives.

**Note**
\[1\] This is a comment on the draft telegram sent by Zhou Enlai on March 20, 1960, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Xie Fusheng, Chinese Ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic, concerning the conclusion of a Sino-Mongolian treaty of friendship and cooperation and other issues. The draft telegram stated: Please reply to the Mongolian Foreign Minister: Our government warmly endorses the suggestion of the Mongolian government to conclude a Sino-Mongolian treaty of friendship and cooperation. If the Mongolian government agrees, Premier Zhou Enlai is very willing to go to Ulaanbaatar to sign this treaty, with the specific date to be separately agreed upon later. Attached to the telegram is a copy of the "Draft Sino-Mongolian Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation," which may be used at an appropriate time to solicit the Mongolian side's opinions on the specific content of the treaty. On March 24, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent this telegram.