Comments on the Investigation Materials [I]
(October 26, 1960)
Please have Liu and Zhou read this today without delay, and let us discuss in the afternoon how to handle it.
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[I]
Refers to the investigation materials compiled on October 21, 1960, by four cadres from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection concerning the mass starvation in the Xinyang region of Henan Province, as well as serious violations of law and discipline by cadres.
On October 24, Li Fuchun, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a secretary of the Secretariat, submitted these investigation materials to Mao Zedong. Mao’s comments were written directly on Li Fuchun’s report.
[2]
Liu refers to Liu Shaoqi. Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai.