Completely agree. Returned to the Premier's Office and reported to Comrade Lin Biao [2].

[1] This comment was written on a report submitted to Mao Zedong on February 4, 1968, by
Premier Zhou Enlai and others from the Production Command of the Ministry of Railways'
Military Control Commission regarding the disruption of railway transportation in the
Xuzhou area. The report reflected the serious damage to the railways in Xuzhou and other
areas, pointing out that these rail and bridge destruction activities had gone beyond
factionalism and were being carried out by counter-revolutionary spies who had infiltrated
one or both factions. The Jinan Military Region must be instructed to mobilize mobile forces
to carry out a pincer attack along the lines. Once such a counter-revolutionary group is
discovered, it must be encircled and pursued. A combination of political offensive and
military encirclement must be employed to force them to lay down their arms. Then,
treatment must be differentiated, separating the bad leaders and counter-revolutionaries
from the masses who were coerced into following them. A public notice must be issued
locally, declaring these rail and bridge destruction activities to be completely counterrevolutionary and dictatorial measures must be implemented. This measure was to be
implemented tonight, pre-emptively, without waiting for a nationwide military deployment
to protect the railways and bridges. On February 6, the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of China, the State Council, the Central Military Commission, and the Central Cultural
Revolution Group issued an order stating that the very few bad leaders who incited,
manipulated, and directed the sabotage of railways, the blowing up of bridges, the attacks
on trains, and the killing and looting of goods were counter-revolutionaries and must be
resolutely suppressed and brought to justice.
[2] Lin Biao was re-elected to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC
Central Committee at the 11th Plenary Session of the 8th CPC Central Committee and was
soon named Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Committee.