(August 4, 1960)
Distribute to all comrades immediately.
Request the first secretary comrades of all provinces, municipalities, and regions, as Hebei has done, to investigate and report within three days
the rainfall situation by district and by county, each to compile a table and send it to me as soon as possible!
Mao Zedong
August 4
[1]
This instruction was written on the Hebei Province rainfall report for July 28 to August 3, 1960. The report
detailed the rainfall situation in various counties and cities of Hebei during these days. By August 2, waterlogging had reached 3.11 million mu,
200 million mu had been drained, 100,000 rooms had collapsed, 41 people had been crushed to death,
and 91 head of livestock had died.
[2]
Refers to the comrades then attending the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China work conference in Beidaihe.