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June 1958

[Mao Zedong's] Directive Regarding the Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

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关于原子弹、氢弹的指示
(一九五八年六月)

搞一点原子弹,氢弹,我看有十年功夫完全可能。要下决心,搞尖端技术,赫鲁晓夫不给我们尖端技术极好。如果给了,这个账是很难还的。搞一些人吃饭不干别的,五年不行,十年,总是可以搞出来的,原子弹要有。氢弹也要快,管它什么国.管它什么弹、原子弹,氢弹,我们都要超过。

西方资产阶级有的,东方无产阶级要有,西方资产阶级没有的.东方无产阶级也要有

 

Mao calls for China to develop nuclear weapons within ten years.

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Gang er si Wuhan daxue zongbu et al, eds., Mao Zedong sixiang wansui (Long Live Mao Zedong Thought), vol. 4 (1958-1960) (Wuhan, internal circulation, May 1968): 89.

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