Minqin

— The symposium seriously studied Chairman Mao's teaching on militia building and Chairman Hua's important instructions on militia work and penetratingly exposed and criticized the crimes of the gang of four and their agent in Kansu in sabotaging militia building. The participants inspected 23 military demonstrations of the 22 armed basic-level militia battalions, companies, platoons and squads of the 11 communes in Minchin County, inspected the repair of weapons in a Minchin County farm machinery plant and listened to the reports on experiences by the Minchin County CCP Committee, the Armed Forces Department of the Minchin County CCP Committee, the Wuwei Military Subdistrict, the Tinghsi Military Subdistrict, the Lingtai County Armed Forces Department and the Chengcounty Armed Forces Department.