Chapter 22 All localities should pay attention to summing up urban work experience

(February 25, 1948) All central bureaus, sub-bureaus, front committees, and the Central Working Committee: about city jobs (1) The Shijiazhuang urban work experience [1] mentioned in the Chouhao report of the Central Working Committee must attract the attention of the entire party.All central bureaus, sub-bureaus, and front committees must discuss the CWC Chouhao Telegram, and print and distribute the CWC Chouhao Telegram as an internal party document to the local prefectural committee level and the army league committee level.Party committees at all levels should initiate discussions after receiving the ugly telegram from the CWC.

(2) The working principles and methods of the various bureaus and armies in the capture of the city and the management of the city in the short period after the occupation should be based on the principles and methods of the capture of Shijiazhuang and the initial management of Shijiazhuang stated in the Chouhao Telegram of the Central Working Committee policies and methods. (3) Over the years we have occupied many cities and gained a wealth of experience.But without a summary, these experiences are buried, various wrong policies and methods are repeated, and good experiences are limited to one place and cannot be used for the whole party.This is the result of empiricism and localism still occupying an important position in our party and manifested on this issue.It seems that the central bureaus, sub-bureaus, and former committees have not conducted a serious study of the cities they captured and managed, nor have they reflected their relatively complete experience in urban work to the central government.We occupied and managed for a long time Zhangjiakou, Handan, Changzhi, Jincheng, Huaiyin, Yantai, Weihaiwei, Zichuan, Boshan, Dezhou, Chengde, Chifeng, Andong[2], Harbin, Qiqihar, Mudanjiang, Jiamusi, Shijiazhuang, etc. Dozens of large and medium-sized cities were temporarily occupied and then withdrew soon after: Shenyang, Changchun, Jiaozuo, Hancheng, Xuchang, Luohe, Yuncheng, etc.However, all these urban work experiences (it cannot be said that they are not rich), except for the poor order of our army entering the city in Yuncheng, which was reported by the Handan Bureau, have not been reflected in any place.Important experience like Shijiazhuang was summed up by the Central Working Committee.We only saw the experience of Zhangjiakou two years ago from Chou Haodian of the Central Working Committee[3].This extremely bad habit of not asking for instructions in advance and not reporting afterwards on major issues (not minor or technical issues, but major political issues) has not been eradicated after the Seventh National Congress, and has now seriously affected the Party. work development.

(4) In order to direct the Party's attention away from war and rural work, and to direct attention to urban work; With sufficient mental and organizational preparations, the central government instructs the central bureaus, sub-bureaus, and front committees to make concise and concise work summaries one by one for the cities they occupy, with a population of more than 50,000, and complete them within three to four months. For this summary, call us. central Ugly Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------

note [1] On February 19, 1948, the Working Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China summarized the experience of urban work after the recovery of Shijiazhuang in a telegram to all localities and the central government.The main ones are: (1) Before and during the siege, order the troops and militia cadres to pay attention to protecting machinery, materials and all buildings, and not to destroy them or move them freely; Take the opportunity to collect, remove and purchase materials, and at the same time set up a unified material committee to collect, purchase and distribute materials in a planned way. (2) Announce to the cadres and troops in the city that our work policy in Shijiazhuang is construction, not destruction. It is not allowed to take anything privately, and it is not allowed to eat or drink. (3) Strictly review the original underground staff, and mainly rely on cadres sent from outside to manage the city. However, these cadres have the disadvantages of being unfamiliar with the city and transferring their work experience from the countryside. (4) Immediately stop the eagerness to organize trade unions, poor people's associations, and various anarchist acts, and announce that, except for the government and the Public Security Bureau, which may arrest and confiscate property according to law, any group or individual is prohibited from confiscating property, arresting, and beating anyone. Personnel organize people's courts to accept people's grievances, punish heinous traitors and bullies, and register members of the Kuomintang and all pseudo-officials within a time limit. (5) Convene symposiums from all walks of life, announce policies, set up a temporary council, prepare for the election of the official municipal people's congress, prepare for the resumption of work, ensure that the actual wages of workers will not continue to decrease and distribute in kind.

[2] Anton, now Dandong City. [3] Refers to the telegram of the Working Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on February 19, 1948, which stated that after Zhangjiakou was recovered, the leading organs immediately moved to the city, which caused some cadres to run to the city, seize and buy things randomly, and become corrupt. , to relax rural work, causing dissatisfaction among soldiers and rural cadres.