【新唐人2012年8月29日讯】8月26号，成都一批老知识份子公开发表了《必须彻底清算“文革”元凶毛泽东的滔天罪行——一批历史老人致中共十八大的公开信》。公开信指出，要把中国建设成为一个民主、繁荣、富强、公平的现代国家，必然要清算毛泽东的集权专制政治遗产，清算文革制造者、发动者、毛泽东的滔天罪行！还历史一个真相、社会一个公平，同时这是政治体制改革的核心，也是真、假政治体制改革的试金石。
21位留下姓名和电话的这批“亲历毛泽东政治运动”的老人们，在致中共的公开信中写道：毛泽东以中共的名义执政二十七年，发动了一个又一个的“政治运动”，受难者从胡风冤案的成千人、反右冤案的几十万人、反右倾的几百万人，一直到文革十年浩劫的上千万人。
据不完全统计，毛泽东一共制造了八千三百万冤魂、三千万件冤案、三亿多人受批斗，超过了中国历史上所有暴君恶行的总和。希特勒造成了六百万犹太人的死亡，斯大林则造成了两千万苏联人的死亡，他们所犯的“反人类罪”和毛泽东相比，不过是小巫见大巫。
老人的公开信指出，从中共执政到1976年毛泽东死去，没有内战、没有重大自然灾害，仅仅因为所谓“三年困难时期”和文化大革命，造成的经济损失达一万四千二百亿元，是中国前30年基建投资总额的两倍多。
这些老人还指出，毛泽东为了把“党天下”变成“家天下”统治，假“无产阶级文化大革命”的名义，以“群众运动”的方式，先后害死了国家主席刘少奇、国防部长彭德怀、元帅贺龙、副总理陶铸、天津市委书记万晓塘、湖南省委书记周小舟、云南省委书记阎红彦、山西省委书记卫恒、以及中共早期重要领导人等一大批中共元老。但在1981年中共十一届六中全会通过的《历史决议》声称：毛泽东“犯了错误”，他是“被林彪、江青两个反革命集团利用了”，但“现在三十年过去了，是还历史本来面目的时候了。”
57年被划为右派分子、毛泽东“阳谋”受害者之一的熊习礼表示，毛泽东的流毒造成今天社会的发展阻碍。
57年右派分子熊习礼：“真正复兴中华、社会进步一定要批判毛的罪恶，不批判毛的罪恶，不可能有社会的进步。今天我们现实社会的所有一切贪污腐败、社会道德沦丧，其罪魁祸首都是毛泽东造成的，因为我们没有把毛泽东彻底批判，所以毛泽东的流毒，就造成了我们今天社会的这种进步受到了很大的阻碍。”
熊习礼指出，不肃清毛的罪恶，中国不可能有宪政民主，复兴就是一句空话。
致中共公开信的历史老人之一——杨铭传认为，他们在18大前提出来彻底评毛，对历史揭露，就是希望中国改变极端专制、独裁的体制，同时肃清他的思想余毒，这样中国才有未来。
致中共公开信老人之一杨铭传：“从49年以来，因为他镇反、肃反，57年一直到文革，都是他的罪过，历史应该从新定论。”
上书者之一的历史老人廖赤明，曾坐过15年牢，他指出，据他的经验，中共翻手为云、覆手为雨，从来不说实话。不过，即使这样，他也要履行一个公民的责任，希望中国变好。
致中共公开信老人之一廖赤明：“如果不进行政治体制改革的话，我们这个国家将不好收拾以后。”
熊习礼表示，他们这些不久于世的老人，都是历史的见证人，有责任把历史大白于天下。
采访/田净 编辑/宋风 后制/王明宇
Public Letter Calls for Justice for Mao’s Crimes
On August 26, a number of old intellectuals
in Chengdu published a public letter.
It was entitled, “Bring Justice for Mao’s Monstrous Cultural
Revolution Crimes- a Public Letter to the 18th National People’s Congress (NPC) by a Number of Historical Seniors”.
The letter pointed out that in order to build China
into a democratic, prosperous, strong, and just country,
we must bring to justice the political legacy
of the totalitarian dictatorship of Mao Zedong.
It urged justice for Mao’s crimes, as the one
responsible for the launch of Culture Revolution.
The historical truth needs to be revealed,
and bring fairness to society.
This is also the core of political reform,
and a touchstone on which to measure political reform.
21 senior citizens left their names and phone numbers,
saying they had witnessed Mao Zedong’s political movement.
The letter was written to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP):
“Mao used the CCP’s name to rule China for 27 years,
and launched political movements one after another.
In the case of supporters of Hu Feng,
the victims were in the thousands.
With the anti-rightist movement, victims
numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
There were tens of millions of victims during
the decade-long atrocities of the Cultural Revolution.”
According to incomplete statistics, Mao was the leading
cause of 83 million innocent people’s deaths.
He caused 30 million cases of injustice, and over 300 million
people were affected by the many political campaigns.
This exceeds the sum of evils resulting
from all tyrants in China’s history.
Hitler caused the death of 6 million Jews,
Stalin caused the death of 20 million Soviet people.
Their crimes against humanity pale
in comparison to Mao’s crimes.
The senior citizens pointed out in the public letter that
from the time when the CCP came into power until Mao’s death in 1976,
there was no civil war and no major natural disasters.
Due to the so-called ‘Three-Year Difficult Times’
and the Cultural Revolution, there were economic losses amounting to RMB 142 million.
This was more than double the total investment
in infrastructure during the first 30 years of rule.
The letter highlighted that Mao Zedong wanted to change
the party dictatorship into a family-controlled authority.
In the name of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,
and by use of mass movements, Mao killed many people.
This included President Liu Shaoqi, Defense Minister
Peng Dehuai, Marshall He Long, Vice Premier Tao Zhu,
Secretary of Tianjin Municipal Committee Wan Xiaotang,
and Hunan Provincial Party Secretary Zhou Xiaozhou.
Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary Yan Hongyan,
Shanxi Provincial Party Secretary Wei Heng,
as well as a large number of important leaders
in early stages of the CCP.
The historical resolution adopted in 1981 in the Eleventh
Plenary claims that Mao Zedong made a mistake.
It stated that he was used by the Lin Biao
and Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary groups.
Three decades have passed now, so it is time
to reveal the historical truth."
Xiong Xili was a victim of Mao and he was classified
as a rightist in 1957 during Mao’s movements.
The wicked influence of Mao still hinders
the development of society today.
Xiong Xili: “Mao’s crimes have to be brought to justice
for a true renaissance of China, and for its social progress.
Without bringing Mao’s crimes to justice, society can’t develop.
All the corruption and social moral decay was caused by Mao.
Since we did not have justice for Mao’s crimes,
it greatly hinders our social development today.”
Xiong Xili highlights that if we do not eliminate the sins
of Mao, there cannot be a constitutional democracy in China. A revival is just an empty talk.
Yang Mingchuan, one of the authors of the public letter,
believes that they proposed to completely bring Mao’s
crimes to justice before the 18th NPC.
To reveal the historical truth, and hope that China could
change its extreme authoritarian and the dictatorial regime.
It could eliminate Mao’s ideology,
so that China will have a future.
Yang Mingchuan: “Since 1949, Mao
suppressed the so-called counter-revolutionaries.
From 1957 to the Cultural Revolution, it’s all his sins.
History should draw a new conclusion."
Another author of the letter, Liao Chiming,
had been imprisoned for 15 years.
He pointed out that according to his experiences,
there is no truth to the CCP’s frequent changes. It never tells the truth.
Even so, he should also fulfill the responsibility
as a citizen, and hopes China to become better.
Liao Chiming: “If you do not carry out political reform,
it will be difficult for our country to have a future."
Xiong Xili commented that they
are old now, and may pass away soon.
As historical witnesses, they have the responsibility
to reveal the true history to the world.
