Localities must grasp military affairs, and must address the problem of successors. Local Party committees must engage in military affairs; just watching performances will not do.

No matter what major event occurs, do not be flustered. If an atomic bomb is dropped, then we will fight him. "Since ancient times, death has existed for all, but without the people's trust, nothing can be established." Even if atomic bombs destroy everything, imperialism will not do it. It would have no one left to exploit. They only want money, not guns. Within ten years, it would be good to have some hand grenades; we must build some factories, for it will be too late to build them after they are destroyed. The people must be educated not to panic. To die standing up or to die lying down is all the same.

We must prepare for what comes after, the problem of successors.

The imperialists say that the first generation is no problem, but the third and fourth generations can be made to evolve. Is what the imperialists say effective or not? How to prevent revisionism? I have a few points: First, comprehensively observe cadres; they must understand some Marxism-Leninism. Second, serve the great majority of people, including the great majority of the whole country and the whole world. Third, be able to unite with the great majority, including uniting with those who have opposed oneself and opposed one wrongly; it cannot be that a new dynasty brings its own courtiers. Our experience is that if the Seventh Congress had not been able to unite with the great majority, it could not have been victorious, but those who engage in conspiracies will not do. For example, Gao, Rao, Peng, Zhang, Zhou, Xi, Wu, etc., all emerged from the Central Committee. One must divide into two. It is not that I like these people; this is an objective existence. There must be an opposite. Of five fingers, four are in agreement, one points in another direction. It is never completely wrong, there are always nine hundred and ninety-nine... Naturally pure cannot be called the world, and society is also like this. You see, in those years we went through three generations and five dynasties: Chen Duxiu, Qu Qiubai, Xiang Zhongfa, Wang Ming, Zhang Wentian.

When I was young, I hit Mao Zetan with a stick. He said, our Communist Party is not the Mao family's ancestral hall. Comrade XX said that if revisionism occurs within the Chinese party, we must be prepared for open discussion; conspiracies, usurpations, and coups d'état are not permitted. The People's Liberation Army most promotes democracy; with this point, we do not fear revisionism.