Word: lin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only Tried and True. In celebrating National Day last Oct. 1, the Mao leadership triumphantly declared "all-round victory" for the Cultural Revolution. The stage was thus set for the meeting of the Central Committee, at which Mao and his No. 2 man, Vice Chair-man Lin Piao, were reported to have made important speeches. The most immediate problem, according to the committee communique, is the job of "party consolidation and party building." The faithful Maoist press warned that this vital task cannot be left only to present party members-who might simply revert to the policies of Liu Shao...
...Eastern Europe, and behind much of the Soviet hostility lies the success of West Germany's Ostpolitik. Until two years ago, the West German government refused to have any political dealings with the Communist countries in Eastern Europe, a rigid cold war stance that suited the Krem lin's own aims well. Then in came the Grand Coalition, whose Foreign Minister, Willy Brandt, initiated the radical policy of attempting to establish diplomatic relations with the East bloc...
Evil Wind. Less political-minded than the other proletarian princesses, but perhaps as prominent, is Lin Toutou, daughter of Marshall Lin Piao, Mao's top lieutenant and heir apparent. Her articles from the Air Force News, including an unusually emotional tribute to the late Air Force Commander Liu Ya-lou, are said to be prominently displayed under the glass plate on Marshal Lin's desk. Both the fatherly pride and the daughterly sentimentality are surprising-if ever so slight-touches of humanity in a country that has lately taken to warning its youth against "the evil wind...
Grinning mischievously from ear to ear, Viscount Lin ley, 6, returned to London from a holiday at Scotland's Balmoral Castle with his sister, Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, 4, and his parents, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon...
What those instructions are has never been very clear, but Peking press, and radio in a series of lectures, told the people not to worry about puzzling them out. One editorial demanded obedience to the "proletarian headquarters, with Chairman Mao as the leader and Vice Chairman Lin Piao as the deputy leader." Their headquarters is "the one and sole leading center" for the nation. Another directive gave the army authority to deal with recalcitrant Red Guards "according to the laws of the state," reducing them virtually to the status of common criminals and counterrevolutionaries. The writing of posters and publishing...