Comrade Yao Wenyuan [1]:
This article [2] is excellent. It can be reprinted in its entirety and translated into foreign
languages for broadcast. Also, please write and publish a detailed report on Gomulka's [3]
removal from office and the week-long struggle.
 Mao Zedong,
December 22

[1] Yao Wenyuan was then a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
and a member of the Central Organization and Propaganda Group.
[2] Refers to the article "Tank Tracks Cannot Suppress the Anger and Hatred of the People"
reprinted in the Reference News, No. 4377, published by Xinhua News Agency on December
22, 1970. The article was originally published in the Albanian newspaper "Voice of the
People" on December 19. The article reported and analyzed the strikes and demonstrations
that took place in the northern Polish cities of Gdansk, Gdynia, and Sopot on December 14
and 15. The article was reprinted in the People's Daily on February 22, 1970.
[3] Gomulka, former First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
Poland, officially announced his resignation on December 20, 1970.