Returned to the Premier for implementation.
Mao Zedong
November 16, 24:00
Premier, please act upon it.
Mao Zedong
December 2

[1] This first part was written on a draft of the "Notice of the CPC Central Committee and the
State Council on the Issue of Revolutionary Connections between Revolutionary Teachers
and Students," submitted by Zhou Enlai on November 16, 1966. The draft notice stated that
the CPC Central Committee and the State Council "have decided that from November 21 of
this year until the warm spring of next year, revolutionary teachers, students, and Red
Guards from universities, colleges, military academies, and secondary schools across the
country will cease traveling by train, ship, or bus to Beijing and other places for revolutionary
connections. Revolutionary teachers and students currently waiting for transportation along
land and water routes to travel can be persuaded to return to their original locations." "This
year is the first year of our country's Third Five-Year Plan. In order to complete and overfulfill
this year's national economic plan and better realize next year's national economic plan, it is
necessary to concentrate all transportation resources this winter and next spring to
accelerate the transportation of materials." The CPC Central Committee issued this notice on
the same day. This second part was written on a draft of the "Supplementary Notice of the
CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the Issue of Revolutionary Connections
between Revolutionary Teachers and Students," submitted by Zhou Enlai on December 1.
The draft supplementary notice, building on the November 16th notice, included four
specific additional provisions regarding the departure and return of teachers, students, and
Red Guards from outside Beijing, those who were organizing outside Beijing, and those who
were participating in other activities. When Mao Zedong reviewed the draft, he deleted the
qualifier "our great teacher, great leader, great commander, great helmsman" before
"Chairman Mao."