Chapter 61 Correctly explain the policy of "contracting down" old personnel

(April 22, 1951) All central bureaus are transferred to branch bureaus, provincial party committees, district party committees, and Dazhong municipal party committees; major military regions are transferred to provincial military regions; departments directly under the Central Military Commission, special forces divisions, and party groups of the central government: (1) With regard to the examination of old personnel and new intellectuals in the government system and the military system, all localities and departments have already started to carry out the work.When answering the question of "wrapping it down", we saw that some people said something inappropriate.For example, "Some people said that it was packaged up intact when it was received by Liberation, and it was dealt with again today. Is there any contradiction?" Answer: "There is no contradiction. The policy of combining repression and leniency has not changed. Previously, it was packaged for speedy Resume production and stabilize work. The spies are not active in production, but actively sabotage production. Now that we know that he is a heinous counter-revolutionary who is resolutely against the people, why is he not dealt with?" (Comrade Teng Daiyuan [1] in the railway trade union Report).Such an answer is inappropriate.In April 1949, the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission issued an eight-chapter announcement, which stated: "Anyone who has a skill but has no serious reactionary behavior or serious misdeeds, the people's government shall recruit them separately." The People's Liberation Army and the People's The government has never said that people with "serious reactionary behavior or serious misdeeds" can be recruited.The current review of old personnel (and new intellectuals) is to clean up those who have "seriously reactionary behavior or serious bad deeds" who have mixed into the military system and government system (including public factories and mines), and punish or eliminate them respectively. .At the same time, for those people who have no serious reactionary behavior or serious bad deeds (these people account for the majority), because those who have serious reactionary behavior or serious bad deeds are eliminated, they appear to have a clean history or have Problems but not serious, good for unity and transformation.This latter category of people is further divided into two groups. The first group has a clean history and no problem; the second group has some problems, but not serious ones. As long as they admit their mistakes frankly, they can continue to work (some of them have to be transferred). (2) The so-called serious reactionary acts include bullies, bandit leaders, habitual bandits, spies, administrative officials who have oppressed many people (most of these people are important members of the Kuomintang and the Three Youth League), reactionary military officers, and leaders of reactionary sects Wait. (3) The following is Comrade Li Lisan[2]'s letter to the Central Committee, in which he said that bullies in factories and mines should be punished. This is beyond doubt, please pay attention to it.

Mao Zedong April 22 Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Teng Daiyuan (1904-1974), a native of Mayang, Hunan.At that time, he was the Minister of Railways of the Central People's Government. [2] Li Lisan (1899-1967), a native of Liling, Hunan.At that time, he was Minister of Labor of the Central People's Government and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.