Comrade Boda:
Please discuss with the comrades in the group whether this article can be published and
broadcast publicly. If there are any revisions that need to be made, please consider them.
Mao Zedong
February 9

[I] This comment was written in the 390th issue of the Cultural Revolution Bulletin,
published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Cultural Revolution
Group Office on February 7, 1967. This issue contained a document entitled "The Basic
Experience of the Red Rebels in the Struggle to Seize Power in Heilongjiang Province." The
document stated that the rebels' experience in the struggle to seize power in Heilongjiang
Province was as follows: 1. Based on the specific local struggle conditions, they clearly
embodied the Party's principles and policies, uniting the main leaders within the provincial
party committee who implemented Chairman Mao's correct line and the main leaders in the
military, forming a trinity to jointly seize power. 2. Before seizing leadership of the provincial
party committee, they first placed the proletarian revolutionary mouthpieces, the
newspapers and radio stations, and the public security bureau, organs of the dictatorship, in
the hands of the left, preparing public opinion for the eventual seizure of provincial party
committee power, resolutely suppressing counter-revolutionaries, and ensuring the smooth
progress of the struggle to seize power. Third, firmly rely on the leftist forces within the units
whose power has been seized, unite the middle forces, strike at the reactionary forces, seize
power, and consolidate it. Fourth, the fundamental experience of the struggle to seize power
boils down to one point: Mao Zedong Thought armed the leftist forces, and the leftist forces
used Mao Zedong Thought to guide the struggle to seize power. This material was published
in the People's Daily on February 10, 1967.