Mao Zedong's Comment and Revision on He Long's Draft Speech at the First Session of the Third National People's Congress
(January 3, 1965)

Two places (21) have had a few words revised.
Mao Zedong
January 3, 2:00 a.m.

The revolutionary spirit cultivated by our people and army under the teachings of the Party and Chairman Mao, and the revolutionary traditions and revolutionary style formed and developed during the protracted revolutionary wars, constitute the unique spiritual strength of the army led by our proletarian party.

[1] Refers to the speech delivered by He Long, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, Director of the National Defense Industry Commission, and Vice Premier of the State Council, at the First Session of the Third National People's Congress on January 3, 1965, titled *Comrade Mao Zedong's Great Thought on People's War Is Forever the Guiding Principle of China's National Defense Construction*.

[2] One of Mao Zedong's revisions to He Long's draft speech is shown in Section 2 of this text; the other revision pertains to the modification of a specific term in the draft speech.