Chapter 10 The political organs of the border areas should not only represent the peasants

(January 16, 1948) The Handan Bureau also reported to the China Working Committee and Xinhua Headquarters: In the 13th telegram from Xinhua News Agency, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, there were statements such as that the government affairs meeting before the establishment of the Agricultural Congress in the border areas should respect the opinions of the Preparatory Committee for the Agricultural Congress and improve the work according to the requirements of poor peasants, farm laborers, and workers.Not only are there no petty bourgeoisie and middle bourgeoisie, but even middle peasants, independent businessmen, freelancers, and intellectuals who work with brains are not mentioned.Such a large-scale government organ as Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan should not only represent peasants, it should represent all working people (workers, peasants, independent businessmen, freelancers, and intellectuals who work with brains) and the middle class (petty bourgeoisie) class, middle bourgeoisie, enlightened gentry), and the working masses as the main body.Therefore, the highest political authority in the Border Region is the Border Region People's Congress and the government it elects, not the Peasant Congress and the government it elects.Although peasants make up the vast majority in the Liberated Areas, workers and other strata of the people must be taken care of. Among the peasants, middle peasants must be taken care of.I don't know if you have read this news beforehand or reviewed it afterwards.According to this news, at least our Xinhua News Agency and newspaper staff did not study Chairman Mao's report[1], and did not correct these comrades' excessively leftist and incorrect views.I hope you will check the work of Xinhua News Agency based on this telegram and report the results.

central sub milling Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Refers to Mao Zedong's written report "The Current Situation and Our Tasks" ("Selected Works of Mao Zedong" No. Volume, People's Publishing House, 1991 edition, pages 1243-1260).