Now, we have invited a military advisor, named Deng Xiaoping. Issue a notice, appoint him as a member of the Political Bureau and a member of the Military Commission. The Political Bureau is in charge of everything—Party, government, military, civilians, and academia; east, west, south, north, and center. I think we should add a secretary-general to the Political Bureau. If you don’t want that title, then serve as chief of staff.

As for Comrade Desheng leaving, should he still concurrently hold the post in the General Political Department? I say, no need to hold it concurrently anymore.

(Mao once again proposes that everyone sing the song "The Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention" together.)

When they (referring to the commanders of the major military regions) arrive, come straight to the point and talk about mutual transfers. Don’t hem and haw. Don’t hem and haw with Communists. We are all Communists, so why hem and haw? Just speak directly.

IV
Staying in one place for too long is not very good. If you want to make revolution, you can make revolution anywhere.

I can still fight a battle. If we must fight, then fight! The world is in great chaos, including China! I can eat and I can sleep, so if we must fight, I welcome it most.

When you leave a place, one faction will stir up trouble and put up big-character posters. This matter needs to be carefully studied. If you want to put them up, why put them up so early? For example, those "August 31" and "Liaoning Alliance" groups—won’t they put up big-character posters against you? Once the person you vent your anger on, the person you dislike, has left, will you still put up big-character posters?

We also have a Commander Li—has he arrived yet? Commanders come and go frequently! If things don’t go smoothly over there, we can also discuss it.

(Li Desheng says, "They will definitely go smoothly!")

Unreliable. You don’t think about the worst-case scenario; you only think about the best.

Old Ou’s approach is not a good one; we should boast less and criticize more.

Some comrades only criticize others, but won’t allow others to criticize them even a single sentence, as if it digs up their ancestors’ graves from three generations back.