CPC SAID WORRIED ABOUT MASS ORGANIZATIONS

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1992
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COUNTRY: PRC
SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 2--CPC SAID WORRIED ABOUT MASS ORGANIZATIONS
SOURCE: HONG KONG CHENG MING IN CHINESE NO 176, 1 JUN 92 PP 26-27
TEXT :
//((ARTICLE BY YANG PO (2254 3134): "CPC TAKES STRICT
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST 'REBELLION' BY NONGOVERNMENTAL MASS
ORGANIZATIONS"))
((TEXT)) A RECENT RED-BANNERED DOCUMENT FROM THE CPC WITH THE
REMARKS "DISTRIBUTION TO COUNTY AND REGIMENT LEVELS" ADMITTED THAT
ALL KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS FOUNDED SPONTANEOUSLY BY THE PEOPLE ARE
SCATTERED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ASKED PARTY AND GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS AT ALL LEVELS TO COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH THE PUBLIC
SECURITY AND OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS IN KEEPING A CLOSE WATCII
OVER. THESE ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING
USED BY POLITICALLY HOSTILE AND CRIMINAL ELEMENTS TO ACHIEVE THE
LATTER'S "EVIL OBJECTIVE OF SABOTAGING SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION AND
SUBVERTING THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP."
SPONTANEOUS MASS ORGANIZATIONS SPRING UP ALL OVER MAINLAND
((SUBHEAD))
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THE DOCUMENT REVEALED: IN RECENT YEARS, SOME SPONTANEOUS MASS
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WERE NEITHER OFFICIALLY REPORTED TO NOR
SANCTIONED BY GOVERNMENT ORGANS HAVE SPRUNG UP IN MOST PROVINCES,
CITIES, AND AUTONOMOUS REGIONS IN THE MAINLAND. THESE ORGANIZATIONS
CARRY A VARIETY OF NAMES, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: THE ALL-CHINA
IO GONG ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF DEMOBILIZED SERVICEMEN OF
RURAL AREAS, NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF URBAN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO
RURAL AREAS, ASSOCIATION OF URBAN PEASANTS AND FARM WORKERS,
ASSOCIATION OF URBAN UNEMPLOYED, ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUAL
HOUSEHOLDS, ALLIANCE OF RURAL NONFARMING HOUSEHOLDS, AND ASSOCIATION
OF VILLAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR SCHOOL TEACHERS. ACCORDING TO
INCOMPLETE STATISTICS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS
APPROXIMATES 50, WITH MEMBERSHIP VARYING FOR EACH AND EVERY
ORGANIZATION. FOR INSTANCE, THE ALL-CHINA IQ GONG ASSOCIATION CLAIMS
A MEMBERSHIP OF SEVERAL MILLIONS, WHILE THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
DEMOBILIZED SERVICEMEN OF RURAL AREAS ALSO ASSERTED THAT IT HAS
RECRUITED SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS.
EACH ORGANIZATION BOASTS OF CLEAR-CUT PROGRAM OF ACTION ((SUBHEAD))
THE DOCUMENT WENT ON: THESE ORGANIZATIONS CARRY EXPLICIT SHADES
OF FEUDAL SECRET SOCIETIES AND HAVE VERY STRONG APPEAL BECAUSE OF
THE BANNERS BRANDISHED BY THEIR LEADERS: "TO PLEAD ON BEHALF OF THE
PEOPLE" AND "TO FIGHT FOR THE MEMBERS' LEGITIMATE RIGHTS." IN
PARTICULAR, SOME ORGANIZATIONS APPEAR TO BE SUPERFICIALLY APOLITICAL
BUT HAVE IN FACT PUT UP ORGANIZATIONAL PROGRAM OR PURPOSE OF ACTION
WHICH CLASHES WITH THE RELEVANT LAWS IN CHINA. FOR INSTANCE, THE
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF DEMOBILIZED SERVICEMEN OF RURAL AREAS HAS
OPENLY PROPOSED "TO CARRY OUT EFFECTIVE WORK IN ORDER TO SECURE A
JUST TREATMENT FOR THE COUNTRY'S DEMOBILIZED SERVICEMEN IN THE RURAL
AREAS." MEANWHILE, THE PROGRAM OF ACTION OF THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE
OF URBAN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO RURAL AREAS STATES: "TO CARRY OUT
RELENTLESS EFFORTS TO URGE THE PARTY AND GOVERNMENT TO CORRECT THE
MISTAKES IN THEIR WORK OVER THE PAST DECADES AND TO OVERTURN THE
UNFAIR TREATMENT INFLICTED UPON URBAN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO RURAL
AREAS." THE EMERGENCE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PRESENTATION
OF THEIR PROGRAMS OF ACTION IN ITSELF REPRESENT POTENTIAL FACTORS OF
SOCIAL UNREST.
"NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF URBAN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO RURAL AREAS"
POSES FAIRLY BIG THREAT ((SUBHEAD))
THE DOCUMENT SAID: FROM TILE START OF THE 1950'S TO THE END OF
TIIE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, CHINA TRANSFERRED MORE THAN 20 MILLION
URBAN WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES TO THE RURAL AREAS. AFTER CHAOS WAS
ENDED AND ORDER RESTORED, A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO, AT THAT
TIME, HAD BEEN BRANDED RIGHTISTS, COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES, AND BAD
ELEMENTS WERE REHABILITATED AND MOVED BACK TO THE CITIES; BUT A
GREATER PART OF THOSE WHO HAD GONE TO THE RURAL AREAS NOT FOR
POLITICAL REASONS BUT SIMPLY IN RESPONSE TO A CALL TO DISPERSE THE
URBAN POPULATION HAVE NOT RETURNED TO THE CITIES. TODAY, A LARGE
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NUMBER OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE REACHED RETIREMENT AGE, WHILE THEIR
CHILDREN ARE ALSO GROWN. WHILE THE DIFFERENT LOCALITIES HAVE NO
PRECISE FIGURE ABOUT THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR OFFSPRING, AN ESTIMATE
SHOULD PLACE THEIR NUMBER AT NO LESS THAN 40 MILLION. IF TIIE
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF URBAN EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO RURAL AREAS
MANAGES TO STIR UP THE RESENTMENT OF THESE PEOPLE, IT WILL NO DOUBT
POSE A FAIRLY BIG THREAT TO THE CURRENT POLITICAL STABILITY IN THE
COUNTRY.
EVEN QIGONG ASSOCIATION SHOULD BE "WATCHED AT ALL TIMES"
((SUBHEAD))
THE DOCUMENT ADDED: AMONG THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE ALL-CHINA
QIGONG ASSOCIATION QUALIFIES AS THE BIGGEST IN SCOPE AND COVERS THE
MOST NUMBER OF PROVINCES, CITIES, AND AUTONOMOUS REGIONS. AT THE
MOMENT, THERE ARE STILL NO CLEAR SIGNS OF IT BEING USED BY
POLITICALLY HOSTILE AND CRIMINAL ELEMENTS; BUT IN THE EVENT THAT
SUCH SIGNS APPEAR, IT WOULD BE TOO LATE TO TAKE ACTIONS ONLY THEN
AND THERE, HENCE IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY NOT TO BE CARELESS. TIIE
BEST WAY IS FOR THE CENTRAL DEPARTMENTS IN BEIJING TO MAINTAIN A
TIGHT WATCH OVER THE PERSONS IN CHARGE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S
HEADQUARTERS AND OTHER DETAILS, AND TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEIR
ACTIVITIES AT ALL TIMES; SIMILAR ACTIVE MEASURES SHOULD ALSO BE
TAKEN BY THE DIFFERENT PROVINCES, CITIES, AND AUTONOMOUS REGIONS
REGARDING ORGANIZATION'S BRANCHES TO PREVENT POSSIBLE PROBLEMS IN
THE FUTURE.
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REF: HKO806131292 HONG KONG CHENG MING CHINESE NO 176, 1
JUN///IN THE FUTURE.
((TEXT)) ORGANIZATIONS BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELD GUNS FEARED MOST
((SUBHEAD))
AT PRESENT, IT IS CLEAR THAT TILE DANGER COMES FROM THE NATIONAL
ALLIANCE OF DEMOBILIZED SERVICEMEN OF RURAL AREAS. THE CONDITION
FOR ADMISSION TO THIS ORGANIZATION IS AS FOLLOWS: "ALL PEASANTS WHO
WERE DEMOBILIZED FROM TIIE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY AND THE ARMED
POLICE FORCE SINCE 1949 AND WHO HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR VILLAGES."
PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY UNDER THIS STIPULATION COULD ADD UP TO MORE THAN
20 MILLION AROUND TILE COUNTRY. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE SO-CALLED "CLAN ASSOCIATIONS" OR LOCAL "VETERANS ASSOCIATIONS"
HAVE APPEARED WITHIN THE ARMY AND THE ARMED POLICE FORCE. IN CASE
THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD USE THE EXCUSE OF SEEKING A CHANGE TO
TILE PREVAILING POLICY WHERE SOLDIERS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE HAVE TO
RETURN TO THE COUNTRYSIDES ONCE THEY ARE DEMOBILIZED, BEGIN TO MAKE
CONTACTS WITHIN TILE ARMY, AND LINK UP WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN
THE ARMY, THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS THING.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT HOSTILE FORCES BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD
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ATTACH MUCH IMPORTANCE TO THIS KIND OF ORGANIZATIONS BY DEMOBILIZED
SERVICEMEN FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: 1) THE MEMBERS OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HAD SYSTEMATIC MILITARY TRAINING AND ARE
THEREFORE
QUITE
COMBATIVE. 2) THEY HAVE THE BEST ORGANIZATIONAL
DISCIPLINE
AND
CAN EASILY BE MOBILIZED AS WELL AS ORGANIZED.
3)
IN
CASE THIS
KIND
OF ORGANIZATION IS USED TO CARRY OUT HOSTILE
ACTIVITIES, IT CAN EASILY OVERCOME THE SOLDIERS SENT TO SUPPRESS IT
BY INVOKING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
GREAT CONCERN WITH ORGANIZATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS
((SUBHEAD))
THEREFORE, IT APPEARS THAT UNLESS THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
SUPERVISED STRICTLY AND SUPPRESSED WHEN NECESSARY, WE WILL BE
HELPLESS IN CASE SOMETHING BREAKS OUT.
THE DOCUMENT WENT ON: TILE INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS OF URBAN AREAS
AND THE DIFFERENT SPECIALIZED HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COUNTRYSIDES WERE
ORIGINALLY BENEFACTORS OF THE REFORM AND OPENING UP. BUT THE
"POLITICAL UPHEAVAL" IN 1989 HAS ALREADY PROVEN THAT A GREAT NUMBER
OF THEM WOULD TAKE AN ENTHUSIASTIC PART IN CASE UNREST ARISES. TILE
REASON BEHIND THIS SITUATION IS STILL BEING CONCRETELY ANALYZED BY
THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES. BUT GIVEN THE LESSON FROM THE PAST, IT IS
NOT POSSIBLE NOT TO BE VIGILANT AGAINST THE THREAT POSED BY THIS
SOCIAL STRATUM TO TILE POLITICAL STABILITY. IN PARTICULAR, THE
PUBLIC SECURITY DEPARTMENTS IN ALL LOCALITIES SHOULD TAKE NOTE AT
ALL TIMES THE ACTIVITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS SET UP SPONTANEOUSLY BY
URBAN INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS AND BAN THEM ONCE THEY VIOLATE THE LAW.
CLAIM THAT SPONTANEOUS MASS ORGANIZATIONS ARE ILLEGAL ((SUBHEAD))
THE DOCUMENT SAID: THE EMERGENCE OF SPONTANEOUS MASS
ORGANIZATIONS SET UP BY DIFFERENT SECTORAL GROUPS OR CERTAIN SOCIAL
STRATA POSES A NEW PROBLEM TO OUR TASK IN POLITICAL SECURITY AND
SOCIAL ORDER UNDER TILE PREVAILING SITUATION OF REFORM AND OPENING
UP. AT PRESENT, THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES ARE STEPPING UP STUDY AND
FORMULATION OF COUNTERMEASURES, BUT THE DIFFERENT LOCALITIES SHOULD
NOT SIT BY PASSIVELY WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CENTRAL
AUTHORITIES. RATHER, THEY SHOULD DEAL CONCRETELY WITH SPECIFIC
PROBLEMS IN THEIR WORK, WITH THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE AS FOLLOWS:
1. THEY SHOULD EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE THAT IN PRINCIPLE, THESE
SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS ARE ILLEGAL. NO MATTER WHAT THEIR
REQUESTS AND DEMANDS MAY BE, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO RESOLVE THEIR
PROBLEMS BY GOING THROUGH TILE LEGALLY SANCTIONED FORMS AND RELYING
ON LOCAL PARTY AND GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP. AT THE SAME TIME,
PROPAGANDA SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH TELL THEM
THAT THE INTERESTS OF EVERY SOCIAL STRATUM AND OF EVERY SECTORAL
GROUP SHOULD BE SUBORDINATE TO THE OVERALL INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY. THE MEMBERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO
BELIEVE THAT OUR PARTY AND GOVERNMENT HAVE NEVER REJECTED THE
LEGITIMATE DEMANDS AND RATIONAL SUGGESTIONS OF THE PEOPLE, BUT THAT
THE RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS WILL ALWAYS TAKE TIME.
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STRICT BAN ON RALLIES, DEMONSTRATIONS BY ORGANIZATIONS ((SUBHEAD))
2. UNDER THE PREMISE OF KEEPING A TIGHT WATCH ON THE TRENDS AND
DEVELOPMENTS OF ORGANIZATIONS WHICH STILL HAVE NOT COMMITTED ANY
SERIOUS ILLEGAL ACT AT THE MOMEMT, IT IS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT MORE
WORK ON THE KEY MEMBERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS BY URGING THEM TO
STOP THEIR ACTIVITIES AND THEIR RECRUITMENT OF MEMBERS. IN CASES
WHERE KEY MEMBERS HAVE PREVIOUS RECORDS OF COMMITTING
COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY OR CRIMINAL OFFENSES, PROPER DISCRETION MAY BE
TAKEN TO ADOPT TOUGHER ACTIONS.
3. APPLICATIONS FOR RALLIES, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND OTHER
ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE REJECTED
IRREGARDLESS OF MOTIVES OR PURPOSES. IN THE EVENT THAT PUBLIC
RALLIES OR DEMONSTRATIONS ARE HELD WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS, ASIDE
FROM TAKING STRONG ACTIONS AGAINST ORGANIZERS, THE AUTHORITIES MAY
ALSO USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BAN THE ORGANIZATIONS COMPLETELY IN
ORDER TO PREVENT FUTURE UNREST.
4. ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE AFOREMENTIONED ONES OR STILL
UNDISCOVERED ONES WHICH CARRY OUT FEUDAL SUPERSTITIOUS ACTIVITIES OR
HAVE RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS WILL BE DEALT WITH AS "REACTIONARY SECRET
SOCIETIES" AND THEIR KEY MEMBERS DEALT WITH LEGAL SANCTIONS.
FROM THIS DOCUMENT, THE FOLLOWING CAN BE DEDUCED: 1)
DISILLUSION AND RESENTMENT AGAINST THE COMMUNIST PARTY IS WIDESPREAD
IN TILE COUNTRY. 2) THE CPC IGNORES HUMAN RIGHTS AND ILLEGALLY
DEPRIVES TILE PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM, INCLUDING THE
CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED RIGHTS OF ASSEMBLY, TO HOLD
DEMONSTRATION, AND TO FORM ORGANIZATIONS.
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