RED FLAG ARTICLE ON MILITIA REVIEWED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02771R000300120022-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: October 27, 1958
• Content Type: MISC

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NATIONAL A7?AIR3*
Oct 27, 1956
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r 'published ip the .10th issue"r*Vtibt WIPLikAs
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.rttbiSi Pihet in -qf the astionwidelMveltiviesiganising
peoples 4. nniii *ad Is against'llogi. talitrialtsioligrlissinn,
the "everyone a soldier" novemput in sweeping the nation. Like' a tidal
wave,. the peopisi'Alroughout China, 'from cities to villages; from factoriee.
to mines, end"frimaleohools to government orgenizatione *glowing
the movement vith'gkeet' seer:
llt' 4th ter nal:'' affaira end 'tialieshee
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The article' pilotijout that the univereallailitia 1si
t mporten.t
measure -Toe etAiligthening our national deftness lift our
aocial.let-vonstruelion. ,Tt' addp that while our ife
cherish pease 0V-oppose war of aggression's rio net 4,*isrs
nor doss 'allow Others to 'in 414. But while. Mr "
takinethertiliti ,
lOsieliet ' 'f_on 'tbok-
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United' *Atari "rfiPeltabliehing Uteri;setae *all
creattat war' tieMilode in ,Puksizepac'af" it* policy o
lioreoviml,t'ir ",rocoupeticiv tif `;xir tervitolries
Penghul'illandai l'Amperieltat United Stelae. has
interfered iih
threats agaiust ua,
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The article' tStcotnmd. Ilia Tse-tung' as 'saying ithattailit la
program is behigilittisfactcaelly carried, auto -the militialegielltation is
not ottly"tretted UK iCatiliiserY -crowd saticil hut aleptilacrilibek
orgadlietion 'aka thit'educirtional: and cultural ortaniesftedi! 4=6 that
wetter, *j'organisation.' . ille mue10, HorgeiitWel Mille militia
units aide by side with our powerful regular tarotsTim'Cl_fdeak!' thwart
the imperialist aggraistoo. . , "- .. - ' .
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The universal militia]. program "ia is. product of ocerid* Moo- Ta.
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than Sall ' . totrevoluttomart vow, we relied on hritild'up our
fumed forese'frostetiratch and eventually defeated Jssmais tlltsin
and anlbilatiodlimisa6altkilliotr'reactionary 'GU
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Ee 11 2 - COMMUNIee Chi: e
NATIOUAL AFF;,
Oct. 27, 1950
In the "Resist-America and Ai .-K re Cem,Aign," the Chinese
Volunteers joined the Kyreae itt. ,,le and tee Korean People's
the U.B.-led aggrensive forces a e the way back to south of
parallel until an armistice ea() signed.
The article points out that lee eistory of the revolutionary war in
China has proved the greatnees cf C marst3:: Mao Tse-tung's military str1t,2
which is a.creative accompielemeat in the field of military science. 11
says that his military strwtczy, a component part of the overall straLi.
in Marxism-Leninism, had -be elfettleely applied to the existing condi-
tions of the revolutionary wee.. It further points out that the universe.
militia program, deaigned te creanize- workers, peasants, traders, stueeet
and soldiers into militia, etth the peoele's communes as basic units,
is 0 new strategy of .Chairmale Mao 'Tseetune growing pieteef his experience
in VIneAPpples war. The -,n=ttxam has both political end Strategic signet
e
411nolk,,:
Pcuvie's
Army nnd
the ebth
'The article says that the ue
and heroic spirit in the lee
strong nation as well as Lei
It Adds that by virtue of el
the fine traditions of the :
observe discipline, as weei
for overcoming obstacles Fled
,The &4ti program, me anwLi e wiel enable the people to repleee the
cynicel and disconcerted fere oe life in the old, feudal society with
a lively collective end cemmeniet mode ef living, since they wile be
organized along the military eine :with .collective and militant actieee.
Thus, they will be exposed te the meaning of mass .coorerstion under
communism which stimulates eredecteou hnd culturai end technical reet
..eesai militia program will instiel a mil
,e) and stir their initiative to build a
:).tr their well to safeguard the neeteeriae
eitfa bereice, the masses will be ukv,xstd
' Army to organize themselees end te,
18 1.0 raise theer lighten& spirit, weeh n
csn6er.
The universal militia prcerem
and expert man, who can Lic; h-
farmer when he goes to the lie
when he carries a gun. eeele,oe
organized, will provide ure.imi
People's Liberation Armee at.o t
in the event of var.
w II train everyone to be an eel-rolled re.
pen as a4illfully ea hie gun; he is n
Id, a worker t4en in a factory, and a
er, the militia service, when unicersa.ey
ted reserves. and rein/ orcemente ler th,2
remendous support for the 1 ightio6 frv1;16.
The article says that when Earl Marx orzanized the Parts ccmmune he pr:
arming the people and that iiale 13 hes writings in 1905 suavaLed tnkit
everyone be. made a soldier ee, deal with the exploiters. In this
40pnection, Comrade Moo Tae-tene has creatively applied the unieerene
truth oL.MarxismeLeninism fed is prineiple. to the L actual cenditions e
the Chiupse revolution, ane fueln4 the 'answer ,te the problem of how to
organize "everyone a sold iii" within the socialist 'system of our country.
Hie then advocated the ?realization of the "everyone a soldier" militia
service be the people's cctenunes without disrupting production.
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COMM= mu
oct. 27, 1958
der tte "everyone. a soldier"(program.vwhenjthere,is no enemy attack on
us, all the people will concentrate.oelour socialist construction toward
'rural industrialization in the Great communist spirit of.cooperstion.
However, if the enemy dares to launch an attack on us the whole nation
is armed to wipe out every enemy aoldiee in sight.,'
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