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and report about them.
(c) Put on new versions of classic plays, as well as songs
and dances.
While the reports indicated under (a) and (b) above are being
delivered, or the play is being put on, the units participating in such
a meeting should shout out slogans in accompaniment. We should
also bring up the methods for providing pensions to the members of
the families of the soldiers killed in battle.
Moreover, we should bring together the prisoners and booty in
the sight of the masses, thus further increasing the courage and the
spirit of struggle of our soldiers and of the people.
FROM MARX
TO MAO
5. At meetings to celebrate the victory, all organizations should
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also launch a consolation movement. The main points for attention
in this respect are:
(a) As regards material consolation, the important thing is
not the quantity, but the significance; it is not the elegance and
refinement of the items given, but their utility. Such things as
straw sandals, face towels, pigs, sheep, chickens, and ducks are
all suitable for this purpose.
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(b) In case there is a lack of goods for material consolation, con-
solation in the form of honors should be used. For example, one can
make flags for presentation, or compose songs in memory of the
fallen, or issue an order of the day in their praise.
(c) Following a small victory, there should be no large-scale consolation.
Consolation should be carried out only if we can devise
means for doing it in a place near the battlefield.
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6. We should praise examples of combined operations, autonomous
actions, and the resolute application of orders. Thus:
(a) When there are those who, in the course of a fierce battle,
have achieved victory by combined operations, autonomous action,
and the resolute execution of orders, the maximum effort
should be made to publicize the fact and to praise them. Those
who have the misfortune to be defeated in similar circumstances
should also be praised.
(b) When there is punishment for those who, in order to pre-