Comrades of the Cultural Revolution Small Group:
Please consider whether this document can be published publicly. If you plan to publish it,
please consult with comrades from the Fifth Artillery Division, Tan Houlan, Li Qinglin [2], and
others to verify its authenticity. If any inappropriate content is found, please revise it before
publishing. Also, regarding the Sichuan document [3], which is of great importance, please
inform me of the revision process. I await your notification.
Mao Zedong,
May 7

[1] This comment was written in the 470th issue of the Cultural Revolution Bulletin compiled
by the Cultural Revolution Group of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
on May 5, 1967. This issue of the Bulletin published a document entitled "How did the
troops conducting military training at Beijing Normal University support the left?" The
document said that during the military training at Beijing Normal University, the 5th Artillery
Division of the Beijing Military Region "stood firmly with the revolutionaries, carried out in-depth and detailed political and ideological work on conservative forces and centrists,
disintegrated conservative organizations, improved the class consciousness of centrists, and
strengthened and consolidated the left-wing ranks." On May 16, 1967, the People's Daily
published this document and an editorial entitled "Military and Political Training is Good".
[2] Tan Houlan was the head of the "Jinggangshan Commune", a rebel organization in power
at Beijing Normal University. Li Qinglin was the head of the "Jinggangshan Rebel Corps",
another rebel organization at Beijing Normal University.
[3] Refers to the decision of the CPC Central Committee on May 7, 1967 regarding the
handling of the Sichuan issue.