Chapter 89 Pay attention to absorbing representatives of the liberal bourgeoisie to participate in the work

(April 7, 1949) Deng Raochen[1]: (1) Whether there will be a big change in the water potential of the Yangtze River within a month (from the first ten days of April to the first ten days of May), please check and report immediately. (2) Huang Yanpei, Zhang Naiqi, Sheng Pihua, Bao Dasan, Zhang Jibo, Shi Fuliang and others who are in charge of the Shanghai Democratic Construction Association have arrived in Beiping and expressed their closeness to us.They are representatives of the free bourgeoisie in Shanghai.We believe that without the help of the liberal bourgeoisie to take over and manage Shanghai, great difficulties may arise. It is difficult to deal with the powerful combined forces of imperialism, bureaucratic capital and the Kuomintang, and it is difficult to isolate these hostile forces.You should start paying attention to this now.Therefore, I ask you to consider whether it is necessary to recruit them to participate in some work before Shanghai is occupied.After the occupation of Shanghai, more such people were attracted to work.If they are allowed to participate in the work, what kind of method is appropriate, and whether it is appropriate to set up some kind of advisory body such as a council room, please consider replying.

(3) This is not only the case in Shanghai, but the entire Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou region should pay attention to this point. (4) Huang Yanpei's telegram to Comrade Chen Yi[2] should be answered. central Mao Yu Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Deng, referring to Deng Xiaoping, who was then the first secretary of the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and political commissar of the Second Field Army.Rao, refers to Rao Shushi, who was then the second secretary of the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and political commissar of the East China Military Region.Chen, referring to Chen Yi, who was then the third secretary of the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, commander and political commissar of the Third Field Army.

[2] Refers to Huang Yanpei's telegram to Chen Yi on March 28, 1949, which said: "My brother has arrived in Pingping today, and I would like to pay my respects to my brother from afar and welcome him with a handshake. The period is not far away, so cherish it."