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17
BArch, Berlin, 24 June 1959, DL2-1937, p. 231.
18
‘Russia’s trade war’,
Time
, 5 May 1958; see also see Boone, ‘Foreign Trade of China’.
19
‘Squeeze from Peking’,
Time
, 21 July 1958.
20
‘Made well in Japan’,
Time
, 1 Sept. 1958.
21
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 8 Nov. 1958, 109-1907-4, p. 49.
22
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, Jan. 1959, 109-1907-3, pp. 24–5.
23
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 8 Nov. 1958, 109-1907-4, pp. 46–50.
24
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 23 Dec. 1958, 109-1907-2, pp. 12–13; for Germany see MfAA, Berlin, 21 Sept. 1959, A9960-2, pp. 183–4.
25
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 8 Nov. 1958, 109-1907-4, pp. 44–5.
26
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 23 Nov. 1958, 109-1907-5, p. 56.
27
Hunan, 22 Jan. 1959, 163-1-1052, p. 237.
28
Hunan, Jan. 1959, 141-2-104, pp. 10–12.
29
Gansu, 25 Jan. 1959, 91-18-114, p. 119; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 23 Dec. 1958, 109-1907-2, pp. 12–13.
30
Ministry of Foreign Trade, Shanghai, 31 Oct. 1958, B29-2-97, p. 23.
31
Guangdong, 10 Aug. 1961, 219-2-318, p. 14.
32
Hunan, 7 Feb. 1959, 163-1-1052, p. 11.
33
Ibid., p. 12.
34
Ibid., p. 11.
35
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 10 April 1959, 109-1907-8, p. 100; also speech on 25 March 1959, Gansu, 19-18-494, p. 46.
36
For statements of Peng and Zhou, see minutes in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 10 April 1959, 109-1907-8, p. 101.
37
The order came by telephone; Hunan, 26 May 1959, 141-1-1252, pp. 39–40.
38
Hunan, 20 Nov. 1959, 163-1-1052, pp. 25–9.
39
Hunan, 6 June 1959, 163-1-1052, pp. 119–24.
40
Gansu, zhongfa (60) 98, 6 Jan. 1960, 91-18-160, pp. 187–90.
41
Hunan, 6 Jan. 1960, 141-2-126, pp. 14–15.
42
Gansu, zhongfa (60) 98, 6 Jan. 1960, 91-18-160, pp. 187–90.
43
Hunan, 24 Nov. 1959, 163-1-1052, pp. 21–4.
44
Shanghai, 20 Feb. 1960, B29-2-112, pp. 2–5.
45
Shanghai, 1 Dec. 1959, B29-2-112, pp. 2–5.

Chapter 11: Dizzy with Success

1
Lin,
Wutuobang yundong
, pp. 371–2; Wu,
Yi Mao zhuxi
, pp. 105–6.
2
Zhao Ziyang’s report on Leinan county, Kaiping, 27 Jan. 1959, 3-A9-78, pp. 17–20.
3
Neibu cankao
, 5 Feb. 1959, pp. 3–14.
4
Mao,
Jianguo yilai
, vol. 8, pp. 52–4.
5
Ibid., pp. 80–1.
6
Ibid., pp. 52–4.
7
Mao’s speech at Zhengzhou on 18 March 1959, Gansu, 91-18-494, pp. 19–20 and 22.
8
Mao’s speech on 5 March 1959, quoted in Pang and Jin,
Mao Zedong zhuan
, p. 922.
9
Mao’s speech on 2 Feb. 1959, Gansu, 91-18-494, pp. 10–11.
10
Mao’s instructions to Wang Renzhong, Hunan, 13 April 1959, 141-1-1310, p. 75.
11
Bo,
Ruogan zhongda shijian
, p. 830.
12
Mao’s speech in sixteen points on the morning of 5 April 1959, Hunan, 141-2-98, pp. 1–12; see also Lin,
Wutuobang yundong
, pp. 413–17.
13
Mao,
Jianguo yilai
, vol. 8, p. 33.
14
Minutes of Mao’s talk, Gansu, 18 March 1959, 91-18-494, p. 19.
15
As quoted by Wu Jinnan, regional party secretary in Guangxi on 14 Feb. 1959; see minutes, Guangxi, X1-25-316, pp. 8–9.
16
Minutes of Mao’s talk, Gansu, 25 March 1959, 19-18-494, pp. 44–8.
17
Telephone conference, Gansu, 20 June 1959, 91-18-539, p. 41.
18
Li,
Dayuejin
, vol. 2, p. 393.
19
Telephone conference on 20 Jan. 1959, Gansu, 91-18-513, p. 59.
20
Telegram from Mao, Gansu, 26 April 1959, 91-8-276, pp. 90–2.

Chapter 12: The End of Truth

1
Speech by Mao on 11 Aug. 1959, Gansu, 91-18-494, p. 81.
2
Li,
Private Life of Chairman Mao
, pp. 310–11.
3
Wang Yan et al. (eds),
Peng Dehuai nianpu
(A chronicle of Peng Dehuai’s life), Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1998, p. 738.
4
Jin,
Zhou Enlai zhuan
, p. 1326.
5
Hunan, 31 Aug. 1959, 141-1-1115, pp. 107–9 and 111–13.
6
Peng Dehuai,
Peng Dehuai zishu
(The autobiography of Peng Dehuai), Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1981, p. 275.
7
See Peng Dehuai’s conversation with Zhou Xiaozhou, Gansu, 13 Aug. 1959, 91-18-96, p. 518.
8
The description comes from Kung Chu, an early comrade in arms, in
The Case of Peng Teh-huai, 1959–1968
, Hong Kong: Union Research Institute, 1968, p. i.
9
Gansu, 14 July 1959, 91-18-96, pp. 579–84.
10
Li,
Private Life of Chairman Mao
, p. 314.
11
Mao,
Jianguo yilai
, vol. 8, p. 356.
12
Li Rui,
Lushan huiyi shilu
(A true record of the Lushan plenum), Zhengzhou: Henan renmin chubanshe, 1999, pp. 111–15.
13
Huang Kecheng’s confession, Gansu, Aug. 1959, 91-18-96, p. 491.
14
Huang Kecheng,
Huang Kecheng zishu
(The autobiography of Huang Kecheng), Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 1994, p. 250.
15
Mao’s speech on 11 Aug. 1959, Gansu, 91-18-494, p. 78.
16
Gansu, 21 July 1959, 91-18-96, pp. 532–47.
17
Peng Dehuai’s confession about his links with Zhang Wentian, Gansu, Aug. 1959, 91-18-96, p. 568.
18
Gansu, 91-18-488, 15 July 1959, pp. 106–8.
19
Letter by Zhou Xiaozhou to Mao Zedong, Gansu, 13 Aug. 1959, 91-18-96, p. 518.
20
Neibu cankao
, 26 July 1959, pp. 19–20.
21
Mao,
Jianguo yilai
, vol. 8, p. 367; the report is in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing, 2 July 1959, 109-870-8, pp. 81–3.
22
Wu Lengxi’s unpublished memoirs as quoted in Pang and Jin,
Mao Zedong zhuan
, p. 983.
23
Gansu, 11 Aug. 1959, 91-18-494, p. 84.
24
Gansu, 23 July 1959, 91-18-494, pp. 50–66.
25
Li,
Private Life of Chairman Mao
, p. 317.
26
Gansu, 2 Aug. 1959, 91-18-494, pp. 67–70.
27
Li,
Lushan huiyi
, pp. 206–7.
28
Huang Zheng,
Wang Guangmei fangtan lu
(A record of conversations with Wang Guangmei), Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 2006, p. 199.
29
Li,
Lushan huiyi
, pp. 359–60.
30
Huang Kecheng’s self-criticism, Gansu, Aug. 1959, 91-18-96, p. 495.
31
Gansu, Aug. 1959, 91-18-96, p. 559.
32
Gansu, 11 Aug. 1959, 91-18-494, pp. 82–3.
33
Gansu, 16 Aug. 1959, 91-18-96, p. 485.

Chapter 13: Repression

1
Gao,
Zhou Enlai
, pp. 187–8.
2
Gansu, 19 Sept. 1959, 91-18-561, p. 28.
3
Gansu, zhongfa (60) 28, 8 Jan. 1960, 91-18-164, pp. 109–14.
4
Gansu, 3 Dec. 1962, 91-4-1028, pp. 8–9.
5
Mao,
Jianguo yilai
, vol. 8, p. 529.
6
Gansu, 1 July 1960, 91-4-705, pp. 1–5.

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