This matter has long been clarified. [2] It is the Kuomintang that fabricated the rumour and
slander. [3]
Mao Zedong
January 16

[1] On December 22, 1967, a student from the History Department of Peking University
wrote to Mao Zedong, reporting that he had discovered material related to the 1932 issue of
"Guochuang Weekly," "Shen Bao," and "Shishi Xin Bao" regarding the "Notice of Wu Hao and
Others Leaving the Communist Party." Mao Zedong's comments are included in the
summary of this letter. Wu Hao was another name for Zhou Enlai.
[2] In February 1932, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic
issued a notice signed by Chairman Mao Zedong, stating: "Shanghai's Shishi Xinbao, Shibao,
and Shenbao, etc., published for several days around February 20, 1932, a false notice by
'Wu Hao and 243 others,' claiming to have resigned from the Communist Party. In fact,
Comrade Wu Hao was serving on the Military Commission of the Soviet Central
Government. Not only had he absolutely not resigned from the Communist Party, but he
would certainly not have published the absurd and reactionary statements contained in that
notice. This is clearly a slanderous fabrication by Kuomintang members who massacred
workers, peasants, and soldiers and sold out China to imperialism." Yet, the Shishi Xinbao,
Shibao, and Shenbao newspapers, which paid advertising fees in accordance with their
regulations, completely refused to publish the corrections by Wu Hao and others. These
newspapers, clearly exploiting the protection of the counter-revolutionary Kuomintang
Shanghai Municipal Government and the imperialist Shanghai Municipal Council, actively
engaged in actions that harmed the revolution, opposed the masses of workers, peasants,
and soldiers, and indirectly aided imperialism in its attack on the Chinese people's
revolution. Based on this ground, the Supreme Revolutionary Tribunal of the Chinese
Workers', Peasants', and Soldiers' Conference (Soviet) pronounces death on the general
managers of Shishi Xinbao, Shibao, Shenbao, and all other newspapers that published the
so-called "Wu Hao and others" announcement and refused to publish corrections. On May
17, 1967, Jiang Qing submitted a "Notice of Wu Hao and Others Leaving the Communist
Party," delivered by the Nankai University Red Guards, to Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, and Kang
Sheng. She also included a letter stating, "They have uncovered an anti-communist notice,
led by Wu Hao (Zhou X), and request a personal interview with me." On the 19th, Zhou Enlai



commented on Jiang Qing's letter, stating, "The notice of Wu Hao and Others leaving the
Communist Party is a pure enemy fabrication." To this end, he compiled the relevant events
from 1931 to 1932 into a "Chronicle of Major Events" and submitted it to Mao Zedong. The
letter stated, "It has now been clarified that the so-called 'Notice of Wu Hao and Others' is
the forged notice of February 18, 1932." After reading it, Mao Zedong wrote, "Submit it to
the comrades of the Cultural Revolution Group for review and preservation." On June 23,
1972, Zhou Enlai, acting on Mao's advice, delivered a special report entitled "On the
Kuomintang's fabricated and slanderous publication of the so-called 'Wu Hao
Announcement'" at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's meeting to
criticize Lin Biao and rectify the style of work.