Comrade Zhang Pinghua:
The letter from Comrade Hu Qiaomu [3] together with the four attached documents [4] are hereby forwarded for your review. I believe they may be distributed to all comrades attending your third-level cadre conference for discussion. Please arrange for their printing and dispatch today. When distributing, please send one copy each to Comrades Liu Shaoqi, Wang Renzhong, and Wang Yanchun [5], and deliver twenty copies to me. Thank you.
Best wishes!
Mao Zedong
Morning of April 15, 1961
[1]
Hu Qiaomu,
who at that time served as an alternate secretary of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat and as Mao Zedong’s secretary, was conducting investigative research in the rural areas of Hunan Province.
[2]
Zhang Pinghua, who at that time held the post of First Secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee.
[3]
Refers to Hu Qiaomu’s letter dated April 14, 1961, submitted to Mao Zedong along with investigation reports and other materials concerning the resolution of problems related to commune canteens. In the letter, Hu Qiaomu stated that the Shaoshan Brigade was preparing to convene a representative assembly the day after tomorrow to discuss matters pertaining to the canteen, forests, housing, and contracted production quotas. Yesterday, we took time to visit Xiangxiang County and found that…