Order No. 30 of the Central Council
of People's Commissars
(October 13, 1932)
The former commander-in-chief of the Ruijin Garrison Command, Liu Bocheng,
has been transferred to work at the front. 1 Ye Jianying,2 president of the Red
Army Academy, is appointed to fill the vacancy. It is so ordered.
Chairman
Vice-Chairmen
Mao Zedong
Xiang Ying
Zhang Guotao
This order was first published in Hongqi Zlrcmghua, No. 36, October 16, 1932, and we
have translated it from that source.
1. Liu Bocheng (1892-1986), a native of Kaixian in Sichuan, joined the Party in
1926. In 1928, he went to study in the Soviet Union, and after his return in autumn 1930
worked in the Central Military Commission and the Central Committee's YBRJZi Valley
Bureau. At the end of 1931 he went to Ruijin and took charge of the Red Army Academy;
in 1932, he became concurrently head of the Ruijin Garrison Command. In October 1932,
he became chief of staff of the Central Military Affairs Commission.
2. Ye Jianying (1897-1986), a native of Meixian in Guangdong, joined the Party in
1927 and participated in the Guangzhou Uprising. He went to the Soviet Union in late
1928 and worked in the Central Military Commission in Shanghai following his return in
1930. In spring 1931, he went to the Central Soviet Area as chief of staff of the Military
Affairs Commission. In October 1932, he replaced Liu Bocheng as military academy head
and Ruijin Garrison head.
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