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[1] In its report submitted to the Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, and
the General Political Department on August 5, 1971, the Guangzhou Military Region
Committee of the Communist Party of China stated: "Recently, we held a symposium on
political and ideological work for the three supports and two militaries. The meeting
examined and discussed the issues of deepening the line education among the personnel of
the three supports and two militaries, continuing to oppose arrogance, complacency,
privilege, and bourgeois ideology, as well as improving the organizational leadership and
management of the personnel of the three supports and two militaries in accordance with
the new situation of the establishment of local party committees at all levels. A summary of
the meeting was drafted. Please review and determine whether this document is
appropriate." The symposium was held from July 15 to 31, 1971, and was attended by
relevant leading comrades from the Guangzhou Military Region's divisional and military subdistrict units and above, as well as the South China Sea Fleet and the Guangzhou Air Force.
The CCP Central Committee's comments on this memorandum, forwarded on August 20,
1971, stated: "The issues identified in this memorandum accord with the current realities of
the three supports and two militaries, and the improvement measures are quite good. I
hope you will study them carefully and implement them as a reference." The four words
"study carefully" in the Central Committee's comments were added by Mao Zedong during
his review.







5 The “three supports and two militaries” were policies adopted by the PLA during the Cultural Revolution,
namely supporting the left, supporting workers, supporting agriculture, and military management and military
training.