Comrades Lin Biao and Enlai:
The Henan issue is being fiercely debated. Please consult with Comrades Chen Zaidao, Zhao
Hanhua, and Liu Jianxun [2]. Is it appropriate to bring the leaders of the two factions
together for a discussion? The Provincial Military Region should only protect Zhao Wenfu [3],
while Liu Jianxun, Wen Minsheng, Ji Dengkui, Dai Suli, and Yang Weiping [4] should all be
dismissed. This view is worth studying. Furthermore, the Hubei issue is also serious. Almost
all the provincial party committee members are bad people. This should also be discussed
quickly.
Mao Zedong
April 23

[1] This comment was written by Mao Zedong after he read the report of the Henan
Provincial Military District Committee of the Communist Party of China on April 22, 1967,
regarding the preparations of various rebel organizations in Henan to send more than 4,000
representatives to Beijing to report problems.
[2] Chen Zaidao, then Commander of the Wuhan Military District of the Chinese People's
Liberation Army. Zhong Hanhua, then Political Commissar of the Wuhan Military District of
the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Liu Jianxun, then First Political Commissar of the
Henan Provincial Military District of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
[3] Zhao Wenfu, then Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
of China and Vice Governor of Henan Province.
[4] Wen Minsheng, then Acting First Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the
Communist Party of China and Governor of Henan Province. Ji Dengkui and Dai Suli, then
Alternate Secretaries of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Yang Weiping, then Secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of
China.