【新唐人2012年8月29日訊】8月26號，成都一批老知識份子公開發表了《必須徹底清算「文革」元兇毛澤東的滔天罪行——一批歷史老人致中共十八大的公開信》。公開信指出，要把中國建設成為一個民主、繁榮、富強、公平的現代國家，必然要清算毛澤東的集權專制政治遺產，清算文革製造者、發動者、毛澤東的滔天罪行！還歷史一個真相、社會一個公平，同時這是政治體制改革的核心，也是真、假政治體制改革的試金石。
21位留下姓名和電話的這批「親歷毛澤東政治運動」的老人們，在致中共的公開信中寫道：毛澤東以中共的名義執政二十七年，發動了一個又一個的「政治運動」，受難者從胡風冤案的成千人、反右冤案的幾十萬人、反右傾的幾百萬人，一直到文革十年浩劫的上千萬人。
據不完全統計，毛澤東一共製造了八千三百萬冤魂、三千萬件冤案、三億多人受批鬥，超過了中國歷史上所有暴君惡行的總和。希特勒造成了六百萬猶太人的死亡，斯大林則造成了兩千萬蘇聯人的死亡，他們所犯的「反人類罪」和毛澤東相比，不過是小巫見大巫。
老人的公開信指出，從中共執政到1976年毛澤東死去，沒有內戰、沒有重大自然災害，僅僅因為所謂「三年困難時期」和文化大革命，造成的經濟損失達一萬四千二百億元，是中國前30年基建投資總額的兩倍多。
這些老人還指出，毛澤東為了把「黨天下」變成「家天下」統治，假「無產階級文化大革命」的名義，以「群眾運動」的方式，先後害死了國家主席劉少奇、國防部長彭德懷、元帥賀龍、副總理陶鑄、天津市委書記萬曉塘、湖南省委書記周小舟、雲南省委書記閻紅彥、山西省委書記衛恆、以及中共早期重要領導人等一大批中共元老。但在1981年中共十一屆六中全會通過的《歷史決議》聲稱：毛澤東「犯了錯誤」，他是「被林彪、江青兩個反革命集團利用了」，但「現在三十年過去了，是還歷史本來面目的時候了。」
57年被劃為右派份子、毛澤東「陽謀」受害者之一的熊習禮表示，毛澤東的流毒造成今天社會的發展阻礙。
57年右派份子熊習禮：「真正復興中華、社會進步一定要批判毛的罪惡，不批判毛的罪惡，不可能有社會的進步。今天我們現實社會的所有一切貪污腐敗、社會道德淪喪，其罪魁禍首都是毛澤東造成的，因為我們沒有把毛澤東徹底批判，所以毛澤東的流毒，就造成了我們今天社會的這種進步受到了很大的阻礙。」
熊習禮指出，不肅清毛的罪惡，中國不可能有憲政民主，復興就是一句空話。
致中共公開信的歷史老人之一——楊銘傳認為，他們在18大前提出來徹底評毛，對歷史揭露，就是希望中國改變極端專制、獨裁的體制，同時肅清他的思想餘毒，這樣中國才有未來。
致中共公開信老人之一楊銘傳：「從49年以來，因為他鎮反、肅反，57年一直到文革，都是他的罪過，歷史應該從新定論。」
上書者之一的歷史老人廖赤明，曾坐過15年牢，他指出，據他的經驗，中共翻手為雲、覆手為雨，從來不說實話。不過，即使這樣，他也要履行一個公民的責任，希望中國變好。
致中共公開信老人之一廖赤明：「如果不進行政治體制改革的話，我們這個國家將不好收拾以後。」
熊習禮表示，他們這些不久於世的老人，都是歷史的見證人，有責任把歷史大白於天下。
採訪/田淨 編輯/宋風 後製/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.
