During his tenure as deputy director of the General Political Department, Comrade Liang Biye was very concerned about propaganda and news work. Major General Lu Xun remembers that when he was working in the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department, he once went to the Guangzhou Military Region with Zhou Yan and Comrade Ma Zhenduo to learn about propaganda and news work, and Liang Biye was inspecting the work in Guangzhou. 19811127. We went to see him and reported to him on the reform of propaganda and news work in the military region. He was very happy and talked with us about how to strengthen publicity and news work.

Liang Biye said: I saw the report "Good Mother Zhao of Excellent Conscripts" published in June165438+1October 3 in the People's Liberation Army Daily. A few years after Zhao's son Liu joined the army, Liu's grandmother and father both died. The mother just didn't tell her son not to let him come back and let him work in the army. How typical! How touching! As long as the facts are accurate, this model can be vigorously promoted. In the past, Rong Guanxiu's propaganda had a great influence and was a typical example of a good mother in wartime. Today, we will set a good mother's example for conscripts.

Liang Biye said it vividly: It is not enough to report a piece of news and write an article. It is necessary to report continuously, take some measures and find ways to highlight publicity. For example, an old painter in Suzhou sent nine horses to the border guards in Koulinshan, so we tried to highlight the report, send pictures, send photos, and invite the old painter to Beijing to do a report on the trip to the British model. It turned out that nine horses were stuck on the wall, and they were dead horses, so they could not gallop at all. As a result, nine horses galloped and left a deep impression on people. For another example, ten female college students wrote letters of condolences to the border guards in Fakashan. We invited the representatives of these ten female college students to give a report in Beijing to express their condolences to the troops, and the troops sent representatives to visit the college. This publicity and reporting had a great influence. The report made by the representative of female college students is very good. I suggest that everyone learn. Such a typical continuous report is influential and reflective. Subsequently, 10,000 young workers from Shanghai Chemical Industry System jointly wrote a letter to the border guards, and young members from Beijing Instrumental Music Factory wrote a letter of sympathy to the border guards. A female college student from Hengyang Medical College took the initiative to write a letter to find a deputy company commander of the border guards in Fakashan as a lover. Therefore, to do a good job in propaganda, we must choose some typical examples of supporting the army in some places to publicize the PLA. Propaganda work should have content, be true and have a certain form. Certainly not formalism. There is no certain form of publicity for the Nine Horses this time, okay?

Regarding the form of publicity, Liang Biye went on to say: I often tell stories about volunteers sending pigs. One big pig has little influence, while two little pigs have great influence. When an army withdrew, it sent a pig of 180 kg to the People's Army. It was our steward who gave it to the steward of the People's Army to express our wishes. Only a few people know about it. Another unit sent two piglets weighing less than 10 kg to "People's Army Mom", and the company sent representatives. Pigs wear small red flowers on their ears, beating gongs and drums. There were many people watching along the way, and a delivery ceremony was held. The instructor and the "People's Army Mother" both spoke, and the mother was moved to tears. Everyone knows that volunteers send pigs to their mothers. This shows that propaganda should have a certain form, and the good form is good. Reporting on nine horses, sending someone here to deliver them, sending someone there to pick them up, and inviting the painter to Beijing has a great influence. There are many people who write inscriptions, send pictures, write poems and sign their names. Aren't there many people who support you?

Liang Biye also said: I watch TV and listen to the radio, and the effect is better. My impression is that there are reports of the People's Liberation Army almost every day, and there is one every day, which has great influence, including military parade, drill, duty, emergency rescue and disaster relief, doing good deeds and so on. We also study politics, have lofty ideals, have a cultural life, have an internal order, and eat jiaozi during the New Year, which can be reflected! It is also necessary to reflect the situation of border defense island troops. When people look at the hardships of the PLA, they think they can live a peaceful life. Defending them is the People's Liberation Army. We should publicize the PLA from all directions and angles. You can also get to know demobilized soldiers through the People's Armed Forces Department and find out typical figures for publicity. I read in the newspaper that a bus driver fought the gunman bravely. The driver is a demobilized soldier. It is very important for millions of demobilized soldiers to do a good job. If they can play a good role, they will make great contributions to the country.

In addition, Liang Biye also talked with us about strengthening patriotism education, improving political education in the army, and running military newspapers well, which made us deeply educated. At that time, we reported the opinions of Deputy Director Liang to the Deputy Director of South China and the leaders in charge of propaganda work in the Ministry. They all attached great importance to it and arranged relevant departments to seriously study and implement it. Although more than 20 years have passed, I still remember it vividly. Over the past 20 years, the army's political and ideological work and propaganda and news work have undergone great development and changes, but I think some basic ideas put forward by Liang Biye in "Talks on Propaganda and News Work" are still enlightening today, and they are specially sorted out for the reference of relevant comrades, which is also a memory of the old leader Comrade Liang Biye.