我省今年由于旱、虫、獸、冰雹、山洪等灾害不断交错发生,严重的影响着农业增产,目前又值夏荒阶段,各县、市对于灾荒如何深入摸底,正确掌握灾荒情况,怎样计算缺粮人口?怎样确定救济对象,怎样评发救济粮款?及发放标准等,各级干部的认识还不一致,因而在计算缺粮人口时,有的过于誇大;在救济工作中产生了救济不及时,不准确,不合理,该救不救,以及平均发放,不解决问题的偏向。西南民政局的这一指示,对以上问题,均作了较明确的规定。希望各专、市、县领导上进行研究,并安排适当时间组织区、乡干部认真学习(最好能将六月二十三日云南日报所载西南行政委员会关于加强防止夏荒工作的指示同时学习),结合具体情况,深入检查,切实改进今后的农村救济工作,大力领导群众战胜灾荒,保证粮食增产任务的完成。云南省人民政府民政厅一九五三年八月二十一日 This year due to drought, insects, beasts, hail, flash floods and other disasters continue to stagnate, a serious impact on agricultural production, the current value of the summer phase, counties, cities on how to thoroughly understand the famine, the correct grasp of the situation of the famine, how to calculate The lack of food for the population? How to determine the object of relief, how to assess the payment of relief food? And the issuance of standards, the understanding of cadres at all levels is not consistent, so in calculating the population deficit, and some exaggerated; relief work has produced relief Timely, inaccurate, unreasonable, the rescue, and the average payment, do not solve the problem of bias. Southwest Civil Affairs Bureau of this directive, the above issues are made more clearly defined. It is hoped that research will be carried out by leaders of various specialties, cities and counties and arrangements will be made for organizing district and township cadres to conscientiously study at an appropriate time (ideally, the directives of the Southwest Executive Committee on June 23 in Yunnan Daily on strengthening prevention of summer shortage work Study), combined with specific conditions, in-depth inspection and effective improvement of rural relief work in the future, vigorously lead the masses to overcome the famine and ensure the completion of the task of increasing grain output. Civil Affairs Department of Yunnan Provincial People’s Government August 21, 1953