Chapter 81 New Year's greetings[1]

(January 1, 1952) I wish all of us - the staff of the People's Government, the commanders and combatants of the People's Volunteers and the People's Liberation Army, all democratic parties, all people's organizations, all ethnic minorities and the people of the whole country, victory on all fronts of work! Wish us victory on the front to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea! Wish us victory on the defense front! Wish us victory on the land reform front! Wish us victory on the front of suppressing counter-revolutionaries! Wish us victory on the economic and fiscal front!

May we be victorious on the cultural and educational fronts! May we be victorious on the ideological remolding front of all walks of life, first of all intellectuals! I would also like to wish us victory on the newly opened front, which is to call on all the people and all working people of our country to unite, to launch a massive struggle against corruption, waste and bureaucracy with great fanfare and force. , Wash away the filth left over from the old society! Comrades, we have won victories in 1951 on all the above-mentioned fronts, many of them extremely great victories.We hope that through our joint efforts, all these tasks will be able to achieve greater victories in 1952.

Long live the People's Republic of China! According to the publication of "People's Daily" on January 3, 1952. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Note [1] This is Mao Zedong's congratulatory speech at the 1952 New Year's Day gathering held by the Central People's Government.