Notification Regarding the Assassination Incident
(March 18, 1951)

To all Central Bureaus, all Greater Military Regions, the Party Committee of the Volunteer Army, and for transmission to sub-bureaus, provincial Party committees, regional Party committees, large and medium municipal Party committees, all provincial military districts, all army corps, and all armies:

According to reports, Comrade Huang Zuyan, Director of the Political Department of the Shandong Military Region, was assassinated with a firearm by counter-revolutionary element Wang Jumin during a meeting on March 13. This is a case of a senior Party cadre being assassinated by a counter-revolutionary element hidden within the Party, a rare occurrence in the past, and it should arouse the vigilance of the entire Party. Wang Jumin was Deputy Section Chief of the Propaganda and Education Section of the Political Department of the Shandong Huimin Military Sub-district. He infiltrated our Party in 1941. His family background was that of a local despot, and they were struggled against during the land reform. Wang committed suicide on the spot after committing the murder. According to telegrams from the Shandong Sub-bureau and the Military Region, this incident is clearly an act of revenge by counter-revolutionary elements at a time when our Party and the People's Government are resolutely suppressing counter-revolutionaries. This notification is hereby issued, and you are earnestly requested to pay attention to the following:

(1) Strictly guard against retaliation by counter-revolutionaries. It must be affirmed that retaliation by counter-revolutionaries is inevitable, and preventive measures must be taken in advance; absolutely no negligence is permissible. In addition to strengthening security, the most important thing is to adopt active measures to uncover counter-revolutionary organizations, eliminate the lairs of counter-revolutionaries, and resolutely and swiftly execute all counter-revolutionaries who should be executed, so that the counter-revolutionaries are caught off guard and rendered incapable of carrying out retaliatory measures.

(2) It must be recognized that a small number of counter-revolutionary elements have already infiltrated the Party, the government, and the army, and one must absolutely not assume that all is peaceful and secure. Attention must now begin to be paid to this issue, examining suspicious elements and gathering materials. Within organs at the level of prefectural Party committees and special commissioner's offices and above, within organs at the level of military sub-districts and divisions and above, and within cities at the municipal and district levels, special attention must be paid to examining such suspicious elements. As soon as there is material, appropriate measures should be taken to safeguard the purity and security of the leading organs of the Party, government, and army at all levels. There must absolutely be no indecision or hesitation, and no tolerance of evil, which is of the utmost importance.

The Central Committee
March 18