1. BRIEFING OF PEKING WORKERS ON THE LIN PIAO AFFAIR IN WHICH K'ANG SHENG IS PRAISED 2. RUMORED CREATION OF A MILITARY GROUP TO REPLACE LIN PIAO AND KEY MILITARY LEADERS WHO HAVE FALLEN

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• Publication Date: January 21, 1972

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THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE
SECRET
COUNTRY CHINA
DOI SEPTEMBER�DECEMBER 1971
SUBJECT
ACQ
REPORT NO. CsDB-3 12/00283 �72'.
DATE DISTR. / JANUARY 1972
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1. BRIEFING GF PEKING WORKERS ON THE LIN
PIAO AFFAIR IN WHICH K'ANG SHENG IS
PRAISED
2. RUMORED CREATION OF A MILITARY GROUP
TO REPLACE LIN PIAO AND KEY MILITARY
LEADERS WHO HAVE FALLEN
HONG KONG (13 JANUARY 1972)
FIELD NO.
SOURCE A FORMER WORKER IN A CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY IN
PEKING WHO LEFT CHINA IN MAY 1971. HIS REPORTING ON HTR OWN
_ORSERVARInism_tasin_P-7RIENCES IN PEKING
HE OBTAINED THE IMORMATION IN THIS REPORT
FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO EXITED CHINA LEGALLY IN EARLY JANUARY 1972.
1. IN THE COURSE OF BRIEFING EMPLOYEES OF THE PEKING PAPER
MILL ON THE FATE OF L I N PIAO, IN A MEETING HELD CIRCA
EARLY NOVEMBER 1971, THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE MILL'S
COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE PRAISED POLITBURO STANDING
COMMITTEE MEMBER K'ANG SHENG, SAYING THAT K'ANG
HAD BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ROOTING OUT
MEMBERS OF THE "516"CORPS, INVESTIGATING THE INVOLVEMENT
OF CH'EN PO-TA IN THE "516" CORPS, AND EXPOSING LIN
PIAO AS A TRAITOR. THE ACTING SECRETARY IDENTIFIED K'ANG
SHENG AS HEAD OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (CCP) INTELLIGENCE
APPARATUS.
2. AMONG THE CRIMES ATTRIBUTED TO LIN PIAO IN THE CC)'
CENTRAL COMMITTEE DOCUMENT FROM WHICH THE ACTING SECRETARY
READ DURING THE BRIEFING WAS THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
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PREMIER C H 0 U EN-LAI. CHOU WAS SAVED BY PUBLIC SECURITY
MINISTER 'HSIEH FU-CHIH BUT, IN SHIELDING CHOU, HSIEH
HIMSELF WAS WOUNDED. TO CONFIRM THIS, THE SECRETARY DISPLAYED
TWO PICTURES SHOWING HSIEH'S youns. IIIJCOMMENTS EXCEPT
FOR THE CHOU EN-LAI - HSIEH FU-CHIH SIDELIGHT, THE ACCOUNT OF
THE LIN PIO STORY RELATED TO THE SOURCE BY THE PAPER MILL
WORKER IS SIMILAR TO THAT WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN IN NUMEROUS
EARLIER REPORTS.)
. 3. ACCORDING TO RUMORS CIRCULATING IN DECEMBER 1971 AMONG
WORKERS AT THE PEKING PAPER MILL AND AT THE NUMBER FIVE CON-
STRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY IN PEKING, A MILITARY GROUP
HAD REPLACED LIN PIAO, CHIEF OF STAFF
H-U A N G YuNG-SHENG, NAVY POLITICAL COMMISSAR L I TSO-P,ENG,
LOGISTICS DIRECTOR CH�IU HUI-TSOt AND AIR FORCE COMMANDER
W U FA-HSIEN. THE MILITARY GROUP CONSISTS OF: VICE CHAIRMEN
OF THE MILITARY COMMISSION Y E H CHIEN-YING, NIEH JUNG-
CHEN , AND H S U HSIANG-CH' IEN; FOREIGN MINISTER CHEN I;
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS CHAIRMAN C H U TE, AND VICE
CHAIRMAN L I U PO-CH'ENG; NANKING MILITARY REGION COMMANDER
H S u SHIH-Yu; NAVY COMMANDER HSIA0 CHING-KUANG; PUBLIC
SECURITY MINISTER HSIEH FU-CHIH; AND DIRECTOR OF THE
GENERAL OFFICE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE WANG TUNG-SHING.
(SOURCE COMMENT. ACCORDING TO THE PEKING PAPER MILL EMPLOYEE,
I.
IT . WAS GENERALLY BEbiEvED AMONG THE MILL WORKERS THAT HSu SHIH-YU
WOULD EMERGE 'As THE.REPLACEMENT FOR LIN PIA� OR HUANG YUNG-SHENG
BECAUSE HSU HAS THE MOST PRESTIGE AND IS YOUNGER THAN THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY GROUP.) ( COMMENT. CHEN I'S
RECENT DEATH FROM CANCER INDICATES THAT IF HE WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE MILITARY GROUP, IT WAS IN NAME ONLY. THE SAME
COULD HOLD TRUE FOR SOME OF THE OTHER OLD MARSHALS, SUCH AS
CHUTE AND LIU PO-CH'ENG. HSU SHIH-YU AND HSIEH FU-CHIH HAVE
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NOT APPEARED PUBLICLY SINCE JUNE 1971 AND WERE NOT PRESENT
AT CH' EN I'S FUNERAL.)
4. AT BOTH THE PEKING PAPER MILL AND THE NUMBER FIVE
CONSTRUCT ION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY
CONTROL COMMITTEE AND THE .PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY (PLA)
PROPAGANDA TEAMS WERE REPLACED IN LATE SEPTEMBER 1971 .BY AIR
FORCE PERSONNEL. AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS,
IS WAS SUSPECTED THAT THE PL A PERSONNEL WERE REPLACED BECAUSE
THEY WERE PART OF A L IN � PIAO FACTION.
5. A STORY CURRENT. IN THE PEKING PAPER MILL AS OF LATE
DECEMBER. WAS r HAT THE 4801 PUTUI, *A UNIT OF THE 38TH ARMY, �
WHICH WAS LOYAL TO LIN PIA0 , HAD MOVED INTO THE, PEKING AREA
CIRCA MID-SEPTEMBER 1971 AFTER L IN HAD FAILED IN HIS THIRD
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE M A 0 . TSE-TUNG. THE 4.801 WAS THEN
DISARMED BY TROOPS OF THE 8341 PUTUI IN COOPERATION WITH
HSIEH FU- CHIN' PUBLIC SECURITY FORCES. THE 834 1 PUT UI IS
THE UNIT CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THE CHUNG-NAN-HAI AREA OF
PEKING AND IS RESPONSIBLE TO WANG TUN'G-HSING. THE
STORY WAS ALSO CIRCULATING THAT W E N YU- CHENG , THE FORMER
PEKING GARRISON COMMANDER, HAD BEEN CARGED WITH CONSPIRING
WITH "516" LEADER AND FORMER AIR �FORCE POLITICAL COMMISSAR Y U
L I-CHIN, BUT THAT HIS CASE WAS ST ILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
6. ANOTHER STORY CURRENT IN THE PEKING PAPER MILL WAS THAT
L I N TOU TOU, 1 IN PIAO'S DAUGHTER, HAD REPLACED
MAO'S DAUGHTER WHO USES THE PEN NAME HS IA 0 LI
, AS ONE OF THE EDITORS OF THE LIBERATION ARMY
L IN TOU-TOU WAS REPORTEDLY AWARDED THE POSIT ION FOR
HER FATHER'S PLANS TO ESCAPE TO THE SOVIET �UNION.
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