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1. THE INTERNATIONAL LIAISON DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE FOREIGN PRESS
ON 3 FEBRUARY THAT ZHU HOUZE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE'S PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT, HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED TO WORK IN
ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. IT DID NOT SAY WHERE
OR IN WHAT CAPACITY. ALTHOUGH IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE
HAD BECOME A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE PURAL POLICY RESEAPCH OFFICE.
ZHU HOUZE HAS BEEN REPLACED AS DIRECTED OF THE PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT
BY HANG RENZHI, FORMERLY A DEPUTY EDITOR OF THE PARTY'S THEOPETICAL JOUPMAL RED FLAG.
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2. ZHU HOUZE IS THE MOST SENIOR OFFICIAL, AFTER HU YAOBANG, TO HAVE
LOST HIS JOB FOLLOWING THE INTENSIFICATION OF THE DRIVE AGAINST BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION. HIS FALL HAD BEEN EXPECTED. ONE OF THE
PRIME DUTIES OF A PROPAGANDA DEPARTMENT CHIEF IS TO ACT AS THE
GUARDIAN OF IDEOLGICAL PURITY. WHEN IT IS REVEALED THAT SOME
COMRADES HAVE DISPLAYED AN IMPROPEPLY WEAK ATTITUDE TO THE RAMPANT
TIDE OF BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION, AND HAVE EVEN TOLERATED THE
PROPAGATION OF LIBERALISATION (RED FLAG 14 JANUARY), OP THAT IN
SEVEPAL PLACES FROM THE CENTRE DOWN TO MANY LOCAL APEAS THERE HAS
BEEN WEAKNESS AND CONFUSION ON THE IDEOLOGICAL FRONT, AND PROPAGANDA
ORGANISATIONS HAVE FAILED TO CONTROL THE RAMPANT TIDE OF BOURGEOIS-
LIBERALISATION (PEOPLE'S DAILY EDITORIAL 2 FEBRUARY), IT IS CLEAR
THAT THE PROPAGANDA CHIEF WILL BE HIFFICULTIES.
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