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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.
2 Appraisals
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The first was that during the 17 years prior to the start of the Cultural
Revolution the bourgeoisie exercised dictatorship over the proletariat in
the educational sphere, that is, there was "dictatorship by the proponents
of a sinister line."
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The second was that the world outlook of the vast majority of intellectuals
was basically bourgeois, that is, they were bourgeois intellectuals.
2 Written instructions on literacy and artwork
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The dead still dominated many departments of literature and art.
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National associations for most of their publications had not carried out the
policies of the Party.
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