¹ The relevant passages are: “In the 12 years starting from 1956, in areas north of the Yellow River, the Chinling Mountains, the River Pailung, and the Yellow River in Chinghai Province, the average annual yield of grain should be raised from the 1955 figure of 150 catties per mow to 400 catties. South of the Yellow River and north of the Huai River the yield should be raised from the 1955 figure of 208 catties to 500 catties. South of the Huai River, the Chinling Mountains and the River Pailung it should be increased from the 1955 figure of 400 catties to 800 catties per mow.… [A catty is roughly equal to 1 Ib.]

“In the same 12 years the average annual yield of ginned cotton should be raised from the 1955 figure of 35 catties per mow (the average for the whole country) to 40, 60, 80 or 100 catties, depending on local conditions.”… Translated in Current Background (CB) (Hong Kong: U.S. Consulate-General) No. 616.

² Li's speech is translated in CB No. 615.

³ This speech is translated in CB No. 618. A tractor “unit” is 15 h.p.

⁴ In an article in the People's Daily reported by NCNA on March 25.

⁵ NCNA June 13.

⁶ NCNA June 20.

⁷ The speech was reproduced in Peking Review, No. 19, 1960.Google Scholar