Premier: I have read it, act accordingly.
Mao Zedong
September 5

[1] This comment was written on a draft order submitted by Premier Zhou Enlai for review
on September 4, 1967, by the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, the Central Military
Commission, and the Central Cultural Revolution Group. The order stated that, in order to
resolutely implement the June 6th general order and the August 25th "Call on Launching a
Support the Army and Love the People Movement" issued by the CPC Central Committee,
the State Council, the Central Military Commission, and the Central Cultural Revolution
Group, the following were reiterated: 1. No mass organization or individual, regardless of
faction, may, under any pretext, seize the People's Liberation Army's weapons, ammunition,
equipment, vehicles, materials, or supplies. No one may seize weapons, ammunition,
equipment, vehicles, materials, or supplies from munitions depots, military warehouses, or
defense enterprises. No one may intercept weapons, ammunition, equipment, materials, or
supplies loaded on trains, buses, or ships. No outside personnel may be stationed at the
People's Liberation Army's command structures. Second, no mass organization or individual
is allowed to seize weapons, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, materials, or supplies from
military academies, cultural and sports units, or any other units involved in the "Four
Majors" movement. Third, no military agency, unit, academy, or other unit is allowed to
distribute weapons, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, materials, or supplies to any mass
organization or individual without the approval of the Central Committee. Fourth, all
weapons, ammunition, equipment, vehicles, materials, and supplies seized from the
People's Liberation Army must be sealed and returned within a specified time limit. This
order is effective from the date of its promulgation. Anyone violating this order will be
punished for violating state law. This order was issued on September 5th by the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, the Central Military
Commission, and the Central Cultural Revolution Group.