Chapter 31 Section 3 Northwest Group's "Twelve Points Suggestions" and other similar suggestions

When discussing personnel issues, on December 7, the Northwest Group put forward twelve suggestions to the Party Central Committee in the name of all personnel.This proposal takes the above-mentioned addition of members of the Central Committee, members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee as one of the twelve articles, and there are other contents in addition.I happen to have these twelve items at hand, and now I copy them below: "First, Comrade Dongxing made contributions in defending Chairman Mao and uncovering the issue of the 'Gang of Four'. However, Comrade Dongxing's attitude on the two 'everything' issues has aroused doubts among many comrades. We believe that sticking to the 'two' "Whatever" and insisting on a complete and accurate understanding of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong's ideological system are not only differences in ideological lines, but also political issues. I hope he can explain it at this meeting. Regarding the discussion of the standard of truth and the policy of not intervening in the "Red Flag", what attitude does Comrade Dongxing adopt? Wu Lengxi, Xiong Fu, Hu Sheng, Li Xin, Zhang Yaoci and other comrades Whether the erroneous remarks and actions on relevant issues have the support of Comrade Dongxing? What attitude does Comrade Dongxing take towards their words and deeds? It should also be explained together.

"Second, how does Comrade Dongxing treat Premier Zhou and Chairman Zhu? I hope to explain it at this meeting. "Third, Chairman Mao spoke highly of Comrade Deng Xiaoping many times, saying that 'talents are rare'. Comrade Dongxing said (Deng Xiaoping) that he had a deep hatred for the Cultural Revolution. We cannot agree with this statement. "Fourth, in order for Comrade Dongxing to concentrate on national affairs, it is recommended that he not concurrently serve as the director of the Central Office, let alone the director of the Security Bureau. "5. Comrade Dongxing is in charge of the propaganda work. In the past two years, he has set up many restricted areas in exposing and criticizing Lin Biao and the 'Gang of Four'. The comrades doing propaganda work have many opinions, which have been reflected in the briefing. I hope that Comrade Dongxing will understand these Explain the problem.

"6. Units such as the General Office of the Central Committee, the Office of the Editorial Committee of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong", and the Security Bureau need to be rectified, and in-depth investigations should be carried out. The 8341 Army should be handed over to the Beijing Garrison in terms of organizational structure, and the Central Security Bureau is only for business Contact. There are too many establishments in a division, and the guard regiment is still restored. "Seventh, the various task forces of the Central General Office should hand over materials and personnel to the Central Organization Department, and cannot destroy any materials, including pieces of paper and words.

"8. It is recommended that Comrade Chen Xilian not concurrently serve as the commander of the Beijing Military Region. "9. It is recommended that Comrade Ji Dengkui no longer divide the work as the executive vice premier. "10. Warmly support the four comrades Chen Yun, Deng Dajie, Hu Yaobang, and Wang Zhen as members of the Politburo. It is recommended that Comrade Chen Yun be a member of the Standing Committee and Vice Chairman of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and be placed ahead of Comrade Wang Dongxing in the ranking arrangement. Agree with Xi Zhongxun and Wang Ren Seven comrades, Zhong, Zhou Hui, Song Renqiong, Han Guang, Hu Qiaomu, and Chen Zaidao, were by-elected as members of the Central Committee.

"Eleventh, in order to reduce the affairs of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee, it is recommended to restore the Secretariat of the Central Committee. "Twelfth, reorganize the "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" editorial committee office, and Comrade Hu Qiaomu will preside over the editing work of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong". After the twelve articles, the names of 30 people were listed, indicating that these 30 people raised their hands and passed it.I remember clearly that Hu Yaobang was not present when the 12 articles were passed, probably because one of the 12 articles suggested that he join the Politburo, and he felt inconvenient to raise his hand in favor of it, right?However, I don’t remember whether Wang Zhen and Song Renqiong were among the 30 people who raised their hands in favor of these 12 suggestions. They are also in the Northwest Group, and they are also the ones who proposed to join the Politburo or the Central Committee.I also don't remember whether Ji Dengkui was present, whether he raised his hand or not, because one of the twelve proposals is that he no longer divides the work to be the executive vice premier.It is possible that he is.

Hands up for such a suggestion, I thought it was just an invention of our Northwest group.After reading the briefing the next day, I realized that the Northeast Group also had a similar ten-point proposal, and the Southwest Group also had such a suggestion.I can't remember the other three groups, North China, Central South, and East China, but I guess there will be some.This is actually a vote. Of the twelve articles in our group, the first seven are all about Wang Dongxing.The last one is actually aimed at Wang Dongxing, and there are eight in total. The item in the proposal about restoring the Central Secretariat was included based on my speech at a group meeting.This article was not included in the communiqué of the Third Plenum of the Central Committee, and the Secretariat of the Central Committee was not established until February 1980, more than a year later.The last suggestion for Hu Qiaomu to re-chair the editorial work of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" was proposed by me and everyone agreed to include it.