I have read it and made some revisions. Please decide whether it is appropriate. This speech
is well said and should be distributed.
Mao Zedong
September 13
Comrade Lin Biao:
This document has been suppressed for a long time. I read it for the second time today and
made some minor revisions. Please consider it. Please forward it to Comrades Enlai, Boda,
Kang Sheng [2], etc. Write a headline in the name of the Central Committee and distribute it.
[3]
Mao Zedong
October 11
Revolutions in the past were also hastily launched. The Northern Expedition, the Nanchang
Uprising, the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the establishment of various bases, the Agrarian
Revolution, the fight against local tyrants, the fight against Chiang Kai-shek, and the fight
against Japan were all hastily launched.

[1] In his speech to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Wuhan Military Region
Commander Zeng Siyu and Political Commissar Liu Feng on August 9, 1967, Lin Biao, Vice
Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, said that the
situation of the "Cultural Revolution" was very good and had achieved a great and glorious
victory. We launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution based on two conditions: one
was Mao Zedong Thought and the lofty prestige of Chairman Mao, and the other was the
strength of the People's Liberation Army. With these two conditions, bad things could turn
into good things. Some comrades in various regions have made mistakes, and those who can
be saved must be saved. Those who have not collapsed now we do not want them to
collapse. If they do not collapse, there are three ways: First, follow Chairman Mao and the
Party Central Committee closely. Second, keep a close eye on the situation below. Investigate
and study the left, right and various mass organizations, and listen to opinions from both



sides. Third, now the left and right camps are clearly divided. You must not divide the left
and right based on whether they rush into the military region, but based on whether they
support the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and whether they support Chairman Mao.
To carry out the Cultural Revolution well, we must rely on the People's Liberation Army
created by Chairman Mao. To avoid making mistakes, we must consult the Chairman and the
Central Committee more often. On the other hand, we must strengthen the ideological and
political work of the troops, put politics in command, study Chairman Mao's works, use Mao
Zedong Thought to lead everything, and develop and advance in the socialist direction
guided by Chairman Mao, and not develop and retreat in the direction of capitalism. Mao
Zedong made two comments (i.e., Part 1 and Part 2 of this article) and made revisions to this
speech record of Lin Biao. The text he added is the part printed in italics in Part 3 of this
article; the text he deleted, in addition to the names of several people criticized by name,
also deleted the sentence "This is a great development of Marxism" after Lin Biao said
"Chairman Mao said at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee that
the main contradiction in the country is the contradiction between the proletariat and the
bourgeoisie, which has extremely great significance for the socialist revolution." In addition,
there are some textual revisions.
[2] Enlai, that is, Zhou Enlai. Boda, that is, Chen Boda, was then a member of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the head of the Central
Cultural Revolution Group. Kang Sheng, was then a member of the Standing Committee of
the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and an advisor to the Central Cultural
Revolution Group.
[3] On October 19, 1967, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China forwarded
Lin Biao's speech, pointing out that: "Comrade Lin Biao's speech on August 9, 1967 is very
important. This speech, using the great weapon of Mao Zedong Thought, made a very
insightful analysis of the current great proletarian cultural revolution movement and gave
important instructions on the leadership of the cultural revolution in the future."