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10 –380 Sharply condemned Liu: Mao 1977, p. 81. Praetorian Guard: Zhang Suizhi, pp. 85–6. Bo Yi-bo: Bo Yibo 1993, pp. 231ff. To insinuate: the official was Zhang Xiushan, see Deng Xiaoping speech, 21 Mar. 1955, ZDJC vol. 20, p. 515; interviews with people close to Zhang, 18 Apr. 1999 & 20 Oct. 2000. 24 Dec. 1953: Liu 1996, vol. 2, p. 315. Three days and nights: interview with a secretary of Liu’s, 19 Apr. 1999; Liu 1996, vol. 2, pp. 317–21. Mao — Gao: Chou speech, 25 Feb. 1954, ZDJC vol. 20, pp. 267–9; Mao revision to Chou speech, Mao 1987–98, vol. 4, pp. 451–2; Bo Yi-bo 1993, pp. 308ff; Lin Yunhui, in Han Taihua, pp. 448ff; interviews with people close to the Gao case, 18 & 20 Apr. 1999, 20 Oct. 2000; Wingrove 2000.

11 Dalai Lama: interview, 11 Feb. 1999. Kovalev report: NiNI no. 1, 2004, pp. 132–9; Ledovsky, “preface,” ibid., pp. 128–31; Wang Dongxing 1993, p. 168. Gao told Russians: interview with Ledovsky, 21 June 1999; Tálas, p. 52 (Kapitsa); Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Chronology,” p. 61; Loboda, pp. 214, 228; Kulik 2000, pp. 41–2; interview with interpreter Li Yue-ran, 11 Oct. 1995. British couple: Band & Band, p. 248.

12 Arkhipov interview, 27 June 1995.

13381 “Do we have”: 15 Nov. 1956, Mao 1977, p. 321. Tea boy: Li Weixin, in Li Jian, pp. 23–4. Bring pistols: ZQZS vol. 6, p. 40.

14 Gao suicides: Mao letter to Moscow, 1 Sept. 1954, Mao 1987–98, vol. 4, pp. 537–8; Chou speech, ZDJC vol. 20, p. 269; ZQZS vol. 6, p. 42; BNC, 1999, no. 11, pp. 48–9. Rao Shu-shi: in his intelligence role in USA in the mid–1930s, known as “Liang Pu,” cf. 8 May 1936 document from RGASPI in Klehr et al., p. 65; BNC, 1999, no. 11, p. 50.

15 –383 Villa in Hangzhou: our visit, and interviews with Mao’s staff, Nov. 2000; Luo Yimin. Mao in Hangzhou: recollections in CCP Zhejiang Committee, and Li Linda;

Li & Yang, pp. 295–6. Thatched hut on fire: CCP Zhejiang Committee, pp. 132–3, 221–2.

16 “all citizens”: Mao 1987–98, vol. 4, p. 457. Mao Code: Li Linda, p. 9. Toured a temple: CCP Zhejiang Committee, pp. 133–4.

17 Mme Mao: CCP Zhejiang Committee, p. 134; Kapitsa interview; cf. Vlasov, p. 202; APRF, 39/1/31, pp. 61–2 (Orlov to Stalin, 10 Jan. 1949); cf. Kartunova 1992, pp. 1–2; Kudashev, p. 193; Li Zhisui, pp. 137–8 (E: Li, pp. 144, 227ff); interview with Zeng Zhi, 24 Sept. 1994.

CHAPTER 37 War on Peasants

1 200 kg: PRC Encyclopaedia vol, 4, p. 5095; cf. Fei & Chang, p. 158. Grain equivalent: Yu & Buckwell, p. 225. 190 kg: PRC Encyclopaedia

vol. 4, p. 5095. “only need 140”: Wang Dongxing, 1997, p. 23. “Not a family”: Zhou Jingwen, pp. 341–3.

2 Berating officials: Wang Dongxing 1997, pp. 22–3; Mao 1987–98, vol. 5: p. 267; Mao CCRM, vol.1, p. 365.

3 –386 Eat potato leaves: Wang Dongxing, 1997, pp. 22–3. “Educate peasants”: Mao 1987–98, vol. 5, p. 267. Bo Yi-bo acknowledged: Bo Yi-bo 1993, pp. 271, 282. 1 Oct. 1953: Chen Yun 2000, p. 178. “at war”: Bo Yi-bo 1993, pp. 263–4. Chen Yun conveyed: Sun & Xiong, pp. 90–1. Guards’ reports: Mao 1987–98, vol. 5, pp. 210–11.

4 –387 Saying things like: Wang Gengjin et al., p. 108;

Xin Ziling 1995, vol. 3, p. 529. Zhao Zi-yang: Xin Ziling 1995, vol. 3, p. 529. Fellow traveler: Huang Yanpei, in Mao 1987–98, vol. 5, p. 52; Mao CCRM, vol. 1, p. 176; vol. 13, p. 20. “10,000 reports”: Mao CCRM, vol. 13, p. 18. Say airily: Wang Dongxing, 1997, p. 22. “less conscience”: Bo Yi-bo 1993, pp. 350–1.

5 –388 “Once you join”: Wang Gengjin et al., p. 98. “We must arrest”: Mao CCRM, vol. 13, p. 13. “My farts”: ibid., p. 17. “The bourgeoisie”: Mao 1993c, pp. 377, 379–80. “We started”: Liu 1996, vol. 2, p. 350.

6 –389 “5 percent”: Mao 1987–98, vol. 5, p. 149. “Whenever this figure”: ibid., p. 472. Hu Feng: Hu Feng, pp. 257ff; Mei Zhi; Xiao Feng, pp. 98–109; Li Hui. “The first half”: Mao CCRM, vol. 11A, p. 88.