GF 323
CONFIDENTIAL ##
Part II
23rd November, 1982
Summary of Information Obtained from Travellers from China
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Leadership
Minister Removed from Office
A staff member employed by the China Motion Picture Corporation in Beijing Municipality, (see further reference at paragraph 2), said that before the 12th CPC National Congress, an article attacking the current leadership for their weakness and incompetence appeared in several publications. result, the minister of the Central Propaganda Department, WANG Renzhong, was removed and replaced by ZHANG Pinghua. Editor's Note: An article deemed to be an attack on
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the current leadership's policies appeared in the Liberation Army Daily four days before the start of the 12th Party Congress on 1st September. This is believed to have resulted in the replacement of WEI Guoqing by YU Qiuli as Director of the PLA General Political Department some four weeks later. WANG Renzhong has been replaced as Director of the Party Propaganda Department, but this took place as long ago as last April and his successor was DENG Liqun, not ZHANG Pinghua, who is a former Vice-President of the Central Party School. Nevertheless, although confused and inaccurate, this tale is included as it is a reflection of the kind of information that filters down to the man-in-the-street in Beijing.
The Film Industry
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Situation in Beijing
A staff meinber of the China Motion Picture Corpora- tion in Beijing Municipality, (see earlier reference at para- graph 1), said the Corporation, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Culture, is responsible for the distribution of domestic and foreign films. In the past year stricter censorship has been enforced on imported films to avoid the spread of western decadent and corrupt ideology.
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