Comrade Lin Biao will read it first, and I will read it later. We will discuss it at the first or
second meeting before making a decision. I think it is not appropriate to establish a Central
Revolutionary Committee for the time being, and the number of members of the Central
Plenary Session should not be increased too much. More than 100 people will be enough.
Mao Zedong
September 20

[1] This report refers to a report submitted to Mao Zedong and others on September 19,
1968, by Zhou Enlai, Chen Boda (then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Cultural Revolution Group),
Kang Sheng (then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC
Central Committee and advisor to the Central Cultural Revolution Group), and Jiang Qing
(then deputy head of the Central Cultural Revolution Group). The report reported on the
discussions held by the Central Cultural Revolution Group on the evening of September 1-5
regarding the convening of the 12th Plenary Session of the 8th CPC Central Committee. It
stated that one of the agenda items of the plenary session was the election of the Central
Revolutionary Committee, which would serve as the temporary highest authority of the
Party and state before the Ninth National Congress. The number of participants in the 12th
Plenary Session, including members and alternate members of the Central Committee who
were able to attend, was approximately 300. The 12th Plenary Session of the 8th CPC Central
Committee was held in Beijing from October 13 to 31, 1968.