6/10/1967
Hello All,
Mi Man Tian here again to address the situation of the red guard and the accusations many of my colleagues and I have been facing. My only intention in writing for the great newspaper that is “On the Ground in China” was to provide the masses with the most accurate and up to date information. I am willing to admit I have failed at that. I have been too preoccupied by the small setbacks that have been mere bumps in the road on the journey of glorious Chairman Mao, the great CCP, and the wonderful nation of China.
I have committed myself to improving my thoughts and decision making in ways of Chairman Mao. I have been devoting myself to his thoughts and policies by reading and memorizing his speeches from all these years ago.
I have criticized Mao in a few ways that I would like to clear up. Firstly, I once, many, many, years ago, condemned the party for the violence that the land reform campaigns could have possibly been responsible for. This is a complete misunderstanding. I should have known that these landlords and factory workers had it coming to them, and they should be punished for the way they treated people over their years. After all, Mao said, “it is only by the power of the gun that the working class and the labouring masses can defeat the armed bourgeoisie and landlords; in this sense we may say that only with guns can the whole world be transformed” (LBR 29) in 1938. I have now seen the way that Mao intended for these problems to be handled and I agree full heartedly. I have no idea what I was thinking!
While I am definitively guilty of crimes against the nation of China that I can only hope to repent for, I have also praised the chairman and the party or their policies and actions in the past. Years ago, I said in this very newspaper, “The Nationalist government’s inability to effectively address these pressing issues and unite the country under a single banner is what is leading to the popularity of the CCP. Its promises to not only fix the wrongdoings of the Nationalist party but also fix issues that have affected people in this country for generations”.
One again I would like to apologize for my transgressions against the nation. And can only hope for your mercy. I am so grateful to have a leader like Mao and a party like the CCP to run the nation I call home!