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These maneuvers were also calculated to erode the authority of Peking Regional Commander Ch'en Hsi-lien, who is now ostensibly Fu's superior. Analysts believe that Teng Hsiao-p'ing is gunning for the commander, who is said to have opposed Teng's return to power. If so, there is little doubt of the outcome. In reports of a reception held last week for the 1,000 workers who built Mao Tse-tung's mausoleum, Teng was listed as No. 3 man in the Chinese hierarchy, while Ch'en had slid from fifth to 14th place...
...lien, 63, Vice Premier and commander of the Peking Military Region. Once a peasant guerrilla fighter, Ch'en rose through the ranks of the Red Army. His support was probably essential in Hua's lightning coup against the radicals...
...week's end new details of the incident began to circulate. According to informed East European sources, Chiang Ch'ing had tried, even before the death of Mao, to persuade Peking Regional Military Commander Ch'en Hsi-lien to help her organize a coup d'etat, but Ch'en went and informed Hua of the danger. Another story from Peking claimed that Mao's scheming widow had even launched an abortive attempt to assassinate Hua. Whether these rumors are true, or simply lies leaked by the moderates to justify a pre-emptive move...
Meanwhile, the position of the professional army remains a mystery. While party leaders and the heads of government ministries were turned out for the pro-Mao demonstrations last week, several key military commanders were absent. Among the most important was Ch'en Hsi-lien, commander of the Peking military district, a member of the Politburo and widely regarded as the country's most powerful general. In the past, the army often favored the kind of moderation practiced by Chou and Teng. The fact that it is staying aloof from the current struggle may be bad news...
...become, in fact, an anarchist and a tax resister. As much out of sheer angry cussedness as conviction, he admits, he refused to pay the Internal Revenue Service a penny in 1966; nor has he given them any money since then. The IRS, in response, slapped a 100% lien on any money Hess earns and any property or savings he may have. So Hess lives mainly by barter, trading his welding skill directly for food, clothing and shelter...