1. CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY EDUCATION PROGRAM AND PLANS FOR 'THREE INVESTIGATIONS' MOVEMENT 2. CHINESE COMMUNIST MEMBERSHIP CARD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 15, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT la Chinese Comrriunist Party Education Program
and Plans for "Three Investigations" Movement
2e Chinese Communist Membership Card
DATE OF
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On 25 March the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Politburo issued a document
called "Directive on the Re-education of Party Members during 1952"8 J,transm
ao The concept of obedience to Party central leadership must be reinforced
within the Partye, No Party member or local Party organ can remain inde-
pendent; no public announcement on a national issue can be made indepen-
dently* Local Party organs must place greater faith in the central
leadership in the Party, they must fight against separatismS.;i.ndependence,
and self-reliance where Party matters are concerned. A subordinate must
obey his superior, the minority s>.ust obey the majority?
be Party members must be re-educated through criticism., self-criticism,, and
compulsory studye, All Party members and Party leaders must receive
disciplinary education until the concept of unified discipline is fully
understood and realizedo
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During the period of re-education, the faults of Party members must be
corrected as soon as discovered. Faults must not be allowed to continue
so that a member's work may be uninterrupted or in order that he be protected.
Repetition of faults will not be permitted.
Every member o. the Central Committee and every leader of a local Party
organization must take an active part in its organization's daily activities.
All members must willingly accept the criticism of other Party members and of
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^ 2,, In early M v 1952 the Chinese Communist Party Central authorities ordered their
Party bureaus to direct their Party hsien committees to establish training classes
for village persons who, although not Party memmbers, are progressive in thoughts,
eager to follow Party leadership, and capable of leading the peasantry. The
text of the order is summarized as follows:
a. The objective of training classes for rural non-Party active elements is
indoctrination on haw to be a Party member, i.e., education in Communism and
the (bmmunist Party. All trainees will be closely scrutinized during this
training so that those fulfilling the necessary conditions may be~selected for
recruitment into the Party.
b. Reports from certain areas where training of rural non-Party active elements
has already been started show that this training tremendously increased the
power of the Party for the performance of work in rural areas. For this
reason, the Party Central authorities have decided to institute similar
training throughout the country by the Party hsien committees.
The CCP Choi. (0575) committees will recommend persons who should receive this
training. The optimum size of each class is about 100 persons.
dQ The training period.will last from three to five weeks, depending on the
production condition of the village concerned.
e0 Instruction in these classes will cover the following subjects: Communism;
the Communist Party: the problem of "standing"; the unity of leadership and
observance of discipline, i.e., democratic centralism; the concept that
"individual interests of a Party member should yield to the interests of
the Party"; criticism and selcriticism; and the route of the masses (sic).
Educational methods employed in giving this instruction should depend on the
special characteristics and thought processes of the rural students; tec--
rdques uYiich may be used include the following: to instruct and guide, to grasp
the main issue, to recollect together, to compare,, to discuss democraticallys,
to answer individually, to prepare an over-all report, and to organize
visits (i.e.3to modernised factories so that farmer-students may become ac-
quainted with the working class);,
At the end of a training course a general study of the students will be made.
This will include individual interviews during which each student will be
encouraged to talk about his family and his past in order that the attitude of
each person may be understood; these interviews will be used as reference
for future recruitment of these persons into the Party.
Consolidated reports on this training program must be submitted through
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Party channels to the CCP Central Authorities once every three months,
3. The five anti's movement in North China was terminated at the end of April,
judging from instructions that superior authorities have given to the United Front
Department. Although local committees have stopped prosecutions, firm steps will
be taken to collect fines from firms which incurred them during the movement.
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This campaign is being followed by the three investigations (Smc'a)lmovement
whose purpose is the investigation of the education, experience, thought, con-
duct, and financial status of the entire population., This movement will be
largely enforced by Public Security organizations.
4. The following is a description of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) membership
card:
ae It is four and one-half inches long, three inches wide, three-tenths of an
inch thick and has 52 pages.
The front and back covers are bound in red cloth; all printing and impressions
on the front cover are in gold ink. The lines on the front cover fora. a rec-
tangle which is four inches long and two and four-tenths inches wide., Within
this rectangle, near the top center of the front cover, are two crossed hammer
and sickle flags., Beneath these flags is a picture of MAO Tse-tung which is
about two-fifths of an inch square. Under MAOes picture are the words
"Tang Cheng (7825/6214)" meaning "Party Membership Card".
On the top of the first page are the words "Party Membership Card"; beneath
these are the words "CCP Central Committee" (Chung Kuo Kung Chaan Tang Chung
Yang Wei Hui, 0022/0948/0364/3934/7825/0022/1135/1201/25855,& Black lines
form a square on the first page in the same position and of the same dimen-
sions as that on the front 'dover0 The name of the province appears on this
page.
do On the second page appear the Party regulations, duties; and privileges of
members, Party organization, and daily duties of a Party branch of the Party.
ea, On the third page is the member's oath of allegiance, most of which is
written on the page by the member himself. Part of this oath reads as follows:
"Ia.,.wish to join the Chinese Communist Party...,carry out Party membership
duties ... offer myself for the principleaeoand if I expose any Party secretsoae
wish to receive Party punishment." The last sentence of the oath reads
"For the complete liberation of all the people and for carrying out Communism,
struggle to the last" (31634/0356/908617352/3400/1646/6043/2397/0644/1395/3807/
0361./393t/0031/5O30/ll6l~./7595/0.51/166) e At the end of the oath are the
signatures of the member and the examiner of the oath.
f. CCP cards are issued by the Party :Affairs Department of the Organization
Section of the Provincial Party Committee (4164/l201/2585/4809/493O/6752/
7825/0523/5710).. The Party Affairs Department issues a membership card from
a provincial numbering ftries when it is notified by a district committee,
e.g., the Eastern Kwangtung Committee, that the individual has been approved
for membership'.. The Lard :is_ tthen -h x d down from the provincial to the
district level and then to the hsien committee where the admission ceremony
takes place. The number on the card reads 25X1
(stamped in blue ink) of the CCP Central Committee prin a on a page),
The number described above is believed to appear on the first page of the
C(' card., If a CCP member is serving in a troop unit, his card bears a field
number.,
Should a CCP member lose his card, he must, report its loss to the branch or
regional committee who notified the central Party authorities of all losses
by monthly report.
A CCP member usually keeps his card concealed on his person, although if
assigned to a dangerous mission, he usually deposits it with the Party branch
secretary. If the secretary is honding several cards for safe-keeping., he.
may tell another member of their hiding place so that the cards may be
retrieved should the member die.
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i, When embarking on a dangerous zl~Lssion., all CCP members are required-to carry
a special identifying mark. These marks. which are desi"nated by the Party
commissary represent the membership number of the CCP member; they are usually
small pieces of red cloth bearing a sign or symbol, e0g.,a pine tree repre-
sents the number "00b". This piece of cloth is usually concealed in the
collar or somewhere in the trousers. A CCP member may show this mark to
friendly units and ask for help when he is out of contact with his own unit.
Under battle conditions medical workers must look for this piece of red cloth
on all bodies and render medical attention to CCP members before giving
attention to others,
When a member is transferred from one locality to another, he may carry his
CCP card with him and present it to the Party branch secretary in the new area,
In other cases, he may surrender it to his own. Party branch secretary who will
send it to his opposite number in the new locality. In every CCP card there
is an "examination table" containing the member's biography; this table must
be completely filled in before the; member can attend any Party meetings or
engage in any unit activity in his new locality. This table may be filled
out by the Party branch secretary but it is ordinarily done under the super-
vision of the Party branch committee.
In some cases an underground worker will carry an ordinary piece of paper
which substitutes for a COP card; in other cases evidence of membership may
be a bill or other object commonly carried on the person; the shape and
appearance of these objects is not fixed. When an undergro4d worker is
transferred, he is given a letter of introduction and some form of substitute
dooumentation,
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qty members expelled as a resu.Lt of the movement.
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