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(C) THAT HU ATTEMPTED TO ALTER ZHAO'S DRAFT OF THE 7TH FIVE YEAR

PLAN ON THE PRETEXT OF A SECRETARIAT DECISION AND STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO EXPOSE 100 MAJOR CASES OF CRIME EARLY LAST YEAR.

(D) THAT HU MADE FREQUENT PROVINCIAL INSPECTION TOURS WITHOUT

CONSULTING THE PARTY CENTRE AND HAD ISSUED ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT OF OFFICIALS.,

(E) THAT HE INVITED NAKASONE TO VISIT CHINA WITHOUT CONSULTING THE

PARTY CENTRE.,

(F) THAT HE INVITED 3,000 YOUNG JAPANESE TO VISIT CHINA WITHOUT

CONSULTING THE PARTY CENTRE.

THESE CHARGES SEEM PLAUSIBLE, BUT DO NOT REALLY AMOUNT TO ENOUGH TO DISMISS HIM, OR TO GIVE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO INCUMBENT OFFICIALS ON WHAT ASPECTS OF THE REFORM POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH HU YAOBANG ARE STILL ACCEPTABLE. ACCORDING TO THE HUNGAR HANS ZHAO ZHYANG HAS SAID THAT THE REASON FOR THE SUDDENNESS OF HU'S DEPARTURE WAS THAT THE LEADERSHIP FELT THAT BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION HAD BECOME SO RAMPANT THAT NT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE PRINCIPAL FIGURE ASSOCIATED WITH T HAD TO GO NOW RATHER THAN AS FAR IN THE FUTURE AS THE PARTY CONGRESS 1N OCTOBER. THEY BELIEVE THAT SERIOUS DISAGREEMENT HAD BEEN BREWING BETWEEN DENG AND HU SINCE THE SUMMER ON :-

(A) THE SCOPE OF POLITICAL REFORM.,

(B) THE EMPHASIS ON BOURGEOIS LIBERALISM IN DOCUMENTS TO BE

PRESENTED TO THE OCTOBER CONGRESS.

4. JUDGING BY THESE REPORTS, AND BY THE LEADERSHIP'S ASSURANCES ON THE CONTINUITY OF POLICY, THE MAIN AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN MORE OVER POLITHICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL MATTERS, AND OVER ''WORKING STYLE'', THAN OVER ECONOMIC POLICY. MOREOVER AT PRESENT THE MAIN THRUST OF THE CAMPAIGN IS STILL DIRECTED TOWARDS THOSE

INTELLECTUALS WHO CARRIED THEIR FREE THINKING TOO FAR. BUT IT IS STILL EARLY DAYS AND A CLOSE WATCH WILL HAVE TO BE KEPT ON BOTH

IDEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY TO SEE WHAT LONGER TERM EFFECTS THE LAST TWO WEEK'S EVENTS WILL HAVE.

LEADERSHIP.

5. OVER PERSONALITIES.

THE IMMEDIATE REPERCUSSIONS OF HU'S FALL MAY

NOW HAVE BEEN FELT. THE MAJOR OUTSTANDING ISSUES OVER THE LEADERSHIP ARE WHO IS GOING TO TAKE OVER FROM ZHAO AS PREMIER, AND

WHEN (ASSUMING THAT HE WILL TAKE OVER THE GENERAL-SECRETARYSHIP). IT

IS ALL STILL VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR. A FURTHER CANDIDATE, WAN LP, IS NOW BEING TALKED OF AS A POSSIBLE COMPROMISE, BEING MORE WIDELY

ACCEPTABLE TO ALL WINGS THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS AND OLD ENOUGH NOT

TO HOLD THE POST FOR TOO LONG. THE NEAREST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF A NEW PREMIER IS AT THE SESSION OF THE FULL

RESTRICTED

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