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							Quotations of Chairman Mao Zedong - Page 4
						
						
							From the Selected Memoirs of Deng Xiaoping
						
					 
					
						
							
								10 Fighting tasks are:
							
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							Carry to the end the struggle to expose and criticize the
							Gang of Four.
							
 
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							Implement the strategic thinking of Chairman Mao and make
							adequate preparations for the possibilities of war.
							
 
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							Consolidate the leading bodies and step up the building of
							the contingent of cadres.
							
 
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							Strengthen Party building and bring the role of political
							work into full play.
							
 
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							Attach strategic importance to army education and
							training, reinforce research in military science, and raise the
							political consciousness and military capability of our
							army.
							
 
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							Devote major efforts to research in defense science and
							technology and to 	war production, and speed up the modernization
							of military equipment.
							
 
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							Continue the reorganization of the army and the streamlining of its
							structure, as well as the reform of the system of military service.
							
 
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							Adhere to the principle of building the army through 	thrift and hard work,
							and strengthen logistic services and preparations for the possibility of
							war.
							
 
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							Persist in the system under which the armed forces are a combination of
							field armies, regional forces and the militia; and strengthen the militia.
							
 
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							Restore and carry forward the army's fine traditions and work style.
							
 
						 
					 
					
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