Our country has long had clear regulations on this and the CCP on the relationship between comrades in the party.
Notification of the call problem.
14 December 1965).
As early as 1959, Comrade ** gave instructions to address each other as comrades within the party and to change the old habit of being commensurate with their positions. Over the past few years, many localities and departments have not seriously implemented the plan.
In the past, when we were in the base areas, when we met each other, whether it was a leading cadre or a leading cadre, or between party members and cadres, everyone would call each other comrade, and the broad masses of the people would also call the cadres the same way, or call them Lao Zhang and Lao Li, which made people feel very cordial. After liberation, many people gradually abandoned this good tradition and took up their positions. Some cadres are not called by others"Official title", do not call him a secretary, a standing committee member, a minister, a branch secretary, a branch committee ......Still unhappy, as if disrespecting him. This is a decadent habit and bureaucratic style of the old society, which is incompatible with the fine traditions of our party.
In order to conscientiously rectify this unhealthy trend, we hereby reiterate Comrade ***'s instructions that all personnel holding positions within the party will henceforth be addressed to each other as comrades.
This document was sent to all grassroots organizations and party branches and published in all party journals).
Published in accordance with the archives of the **Archives Collection.