Agree to do so.
Mao Zedong
May 30, 23:00

[1] On May 30, 1966, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping, General Secretary of the
CPC Central Committee, wrote to Mao Zedong, stating that the prestige of the People's Daily
had declined significantly over the past two months, negatively impacting the Party and the
country. Since the newspaper's editorial board was unable to correct the current situation,
many people requested that the Central Committee send a work team. We held a meeting
today to discuss the possibility of organizing a temporary work team, under the direct
leadership of Chen Boda, to manage the newspaper's daily layout and provide guidance for
the foreign news reports of Xinhua News Agency and the radio station. The work team in
Beijing was scheduled to begin work at the newspaper on May 31. The newspaper would
conduct an internal rectification campaign, study documents, and continue writing bigcharacter posters. A group of editors with a positive attitude and willingness to work actively
should focus on maintaining the daily layout. After the newspaper's layout was improved,
further internal issues could be addressed. A list of the temporary working group members
in Beijing was attached to the letter. Mao Zedong wrote this comment after reading it.