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MY TELNO.109:
CHINESE LEADERSHIP.
منان
OFFICER
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Acne Taken
SUMMARY.
1. THE EXPULSION FROM THE PARTY OF THE WRITER AND JOURNALIST L'IN
BINYAN MAY END THE PURGE WHICH HAS FOLLOWED HU YAOBANG'S FALL. MORE INFORMATION IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE ON THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND TO THESE EVENTS, BUT THEIR LONG TERM EFFECTS ON POLICY ARE STILL UNCLEAR. THE MAIN OUTSTANDING QUESTION IN THE LEADERSHIP IS OVER
THE SUCCESSION TO ZHAO ZHYANG AS PREMIER.
DETAIL.
2. THE EXPULSION FROM THE PARTY OF LIU BINYAN, A PEOPLE'S DAILY
JOURNALIST AND A VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE WRITER'S ASSOCIATION, PROBABLY COMPLETES THE DISGRACE OF THE PROMINENT INTELLECTUALS PERSONALLY MARKED BY DENG XIAOPING AS PROPAGATORS OF BOURGEOIS LIBERAL IDEAS. HIS EXPULSION WAS ANNOUNCED ON 25 JANUARY AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A
VITRIFOLIC PEOPLE'S DAILY COMMENTARY ON THE PATTERN OF THOSE WHICH WENT WITH THE DENUNCIATIONS OF FANG LINZHH AND WANG RUOWANG.
ALTHOUGH NO MAJOR COMMENTARIES OR EDITORIALS HAVE BROKEN NEW GROUND *IN INDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL MATTERS SINCE HU YAOBANG'S RESIGNATION, THE ATMOSPHERE IN INTELLECTUAL CHRCLES REMAINS HIGHLY CHARGED AND UNCERTAIN, AND ITS FAR FROM CLEAR WHETHER THE SEARCH FOR SCAPEGOATS WILL STOP AT THESE THREE. AT THE VERY LEAST ZHU HOUZE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE PARTY'S PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT, SEEMS LIKELY TO GO, ALTHOUGH HIS DISMISSAL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANNOUNCED.
3. STORIES AREW NOW BEGINNING TO CIRCULATE IN PEKING ABOUT WHERE HU YAOBANG WENT WRONG. THE YOMIUS SHIMBUN, WHICH HAS A RESPECTABLE TRACK RECORD, HAS REPORTED THAT QUIDANCE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO
OFFICIALS CONTAINING SIX MAIN POINTS :-
(A) THAT HU FORMED A FACTION INCLUDING QIAO SH (POLITBURO AND VICE-PREMIER) WANG ZHAOGUO (SECRETARIAT), HU JINTAO (PARTY SECRETARY OF GUIZHOU PROVINCE), JIA CHUNWANG (MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY) AND GAO ZHANXPANG (VICE MINISTER OF CULTURE).,
(B) THAT HU'S CRITICISMS OF HAN OFFICIALS DURING HIS VISIT TO TIBET
IN 1981 CAUSED CONFUSION THERE
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