Return to Comrade Lin Biao.
This document will not be sent. The Central Committee has already issued instructions [3].
Mao Zedong
July 12

[1] Lin Biao, then Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party
of China.
[2] This draft notice from the General Staff and General Political Department of the Chinese
People's Liberation Army, dated July 1, 1967, states that Vice Chairman Lin Biao instructed
on June 28, "The construction of a large, full-length statue of Chairman Mao has become a
conscious demand of the masses. Our troops should also do the same." It also states that
"any representative large military organization with a large courtyard or square at its
headquarters" can "do so." All headquarters, military services, and major military regions
should immediately implement Vice Chairman Lin's instructions. On July 10, Lin Biao
forwarded the draft notice to Mao Zedong for review, and Mao wrote this comment on it.
[3] Refers to the instructions issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China on July 13, 1967 regarding the construction of a statue of Chairman Mao.