Chapter 11 Letter to Wang Feng[1]

(April 7, 1959) Comrade Wang Feng: I want to study the current situation of the entire Tibetan people. (1) To the west of Jinsha, Qamdo, Qianzang, and Houzang (including Ali), which constitute the main part of Tibet, are said to have a population of 1.2 million, right? (2) How many square kilometers is the area? (3) The content of the serf system , the relationship between serfs and serf owners (nobles), how much does each side get from the products? Some people say 20 to 80, and some say that formally all belong to the nobility, but in fact the serfs hide their property and divide their lives, right? (4) How many lamas are there in total? , Some people say 80,000 yuan, right? (5) The political relationship between the nobles and the serfs. Do the nobles have the right to kill? Are there private trials and lynchings? (7) The situation of exploitation and oppression inside the lamasery. Some people say that there is nothing wrong with the skinning and cramping of the rebellious lamas? (8) Where does the Tibetan local government at all levels and the Tibetan army get the huge annual funds? From serfs, or From the nobles? (9) Are the rebels the percentage of the total population, 5%? Or more, or less, only 1%, 2, or 3%, which is it? (10) In the entire exploiting class, what is the percentage of leftists, middlemen, and rightists? Is there a third of the leftists, or is it even less? How many centrists are there? (11) Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai each How many Tibetans, how many Tibetans in total? Some people say that the four provinces have a total of more than 2 million to 3 million, is that right? (12) How many square kilometers are the Tibetans living in these four provinces? (13) Qinghai, What is the situation of the lama temple complaint movement in Gansu and Sichuan? Some people say that a lot of human skins were found. Is it true? Please conduct a general investigation of the above-mentioned issues within one to two weeks, and report the results to me as an internal news , and posted on Xinhua News Agency's "Internal Reference".If there are few materials in Beijing, please send a call to the Tibet Working Committee and the four provincial committees of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan to collect them.Local Xinhua News Agency reporters can be mobilized to help collect and give Xinhua Headquarters the task of long-term investigation and research on the situation of Tibetans.

Mao Zedong April 7 According to the "Selected Letters of Mao Zedong" published by People's Publishing House in 1983. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Wang Feng (1910-1998), a native of Lantian, Shaanxi.At that time, he was Deputy Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Deputy Director of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.