RESTRICTED
199
нив
0201
043176
MDLIAN 3348
2 1 OCT 1987
RESTRICTED
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1787
OF 210734Z OCTOBER 1987
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, TOKYO, MOSCOW, UKDEL NATO
INFO SAVING SHANGHAI
CHINA: PARTY PLENUM
1.
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MET BRIEFLY IN PLENARY SESSION ON 20
OCTOBER TO MAKE FORMAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONGRESS ON 25 OCTOBER (MY TELNO 1750). THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN NO SUBSTANTIVE
DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL ISSUES. THE SESSION CONFIRMED THE DECISION
TAKEN IN JANUARY TO APPOINT ZHAO ZIYANG AS ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY.
DETAIL.
2.
THE SEVENTH PLENARY SESSION OF THE 12TH CENTRAL COMMITTEE MET ON
20 OCTOBER IN ORDER TO DECIDE FORMALLY THE OPENING OF THE 13TH PARTY
CONGRESS ON 25 OCTOBER AND TO APPROVE THE MAIN ITEMS OF THE AGENDA.
3. THE PLENARY SESSION PASSED TWO MAIN DOCUMENTS FOR SUBMISSION TO
THE CONGRESS, FIRSTLY THE WORK REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND
SECONDLY THE DRAFT REVISION OF SOME ARTICLES OF THE PARTY
CONSTITUTION. THE SESSION ALSO DISCUSSED AND APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE
'GENERAL IDEAS ON THE REFORM OF THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE'' AND
DECIDED TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE MAIN WORK REPORT.
I
4.
THE PLENARY SESSION APPROVED THE DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE ENLARGED
POLITBURO MEETING OF 16 JANUARY TO RELIEVE HU YA OB ANG OF IS POST AS
GENERAL SECRETARY AND TO APPOINT ZHAO ZIYANG AS ACTING GENERAL
SECRETARY. IT ALSO APPROVED A POLITBURO DECISION OF 14 JULY TO
DISMISS SHEN TU, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OF CHINA, FROM HIS MEMBERSHIP OF THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
5. PLENARY MEETINGS OF THE CENTRAL ADVISORY AND DISCIPLINE
INSPECTION COMMISSIONS WERE ALSO HELD ON 20 OCTOBER TO APPROVE THE
REPORTS OF THE TWO COMMISSIONS FOR SUB MISSION TO THE CONGRESS.
COMMENT
THESE WERE BRIEF, BUSINESSLIKE AND PURELY FORMAL MEETINGS TO
MAKE THE PRO PER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONGRESS. THERE WAS NO TIME
6.
1
PAGE RESTRICTED