全国各地地名中,有经反动政府以反动分子的名字命名的,有带有歧视或侮辱少数民族性质的,有名称重复容易发生错误的。各级人民政府为了肃清反动遗迹,加强民族团结并避免混淆不清,对于此类地名,有的已作了更改;但有的还未更改。为了使此项工作能在统一的原则之下进行起见,特作指示如下: Among the names of places in the country, those who have been denounced as being reactionary by the reactionary government have the nature of discriminating against or insulting ethnic minorities, and the repetition of names is prone to error. People’s governments at various levels have made some changes to such place names in order to eliminate the reactionary relics, strengthen national unity and avoid confusion, but some have not changed. In order for this work to proceed under a uniform principle, the special instructions are as follows: