Act upon this.

[1] This is Mao Zedong's comment on the "Important Notice of the Beijing Municipal
Revolutionary Committee," submitted by Zhou Enlai for review on May 11, 1967. The main
contents of this notice, adopted by the plenary session of the Beijing Municipal
Revolutionary Committee, are: 1. All revolutionary masses must resolutely implement
Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee's directives on "grasping revolution,
promoting production, and promoting work," striving for a double harvest of revolution and
production. 2. Resolutely implement Chairman Mao's directive on engaging in cultural
struggle, not armed conflict. Beating, smashing, looting, raiding, and arresting are strictly
prohibited. The minority of bad elements who incite armed conflict, and those who commit
serious assaults and murder, should be punished by the laws of the proletarian state. The
People's Liberation Army Beijing Garrison and military representatives have the authority to
handle matters of armed conflict, and the relevant parties must obey and not refuse to
comply. 3. Damage to state property, use of transportation for armed conflict, and
mobilization of personnel from outside units for armed conflict are prohibited. Fourth,
resolutely implement Chairman Mao's directive that "certain conditions of indiscipline or
anarchy existing in many places must be resolutely overcome." No violations of labour
discipline or unexcused absences from work are permitted. All phenomena that disrupt the
revolutionary and production order must be resolutely combated. Fifth, the organs of the
proletarian dictatorship should, in accordance with Chairman Mao's teachings, firmly
support the proletarian revolutionaries and shoulder the sacred duty of maintaining and
consolidating the revolutionary order of the proletarian dictatorship, protecting state
property, and safeguarding the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Sixth, resolutely
implement the April 20th notice issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China, the State Council, the Central Military Commission, and the Central Cultural
Revolution Group regarding the cessation of outbound activities. Beijing students and the
public who have already gone out for outbound activities, except those with special
permission from the Central Committee, should immediately return to Beijing. Students and
the public who have come to Beijing for outbound activities should also immediately return
to their hometowns. The Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee issued this notice on
May 14th.