Do it.
Zhang Wentian's [3] letter to the Central Committee (1936) regarding the handling of the
Northern Bureau leaders, requesting the Central Committee's approval for "simple
procedures" to facilitate the early release of cadres imprisoned in Beijing prisons, and its
attachments (printed and distributed to the Politburo, Secretariat, Standing Committee of
the Central Military Commission, and the Central Cultural Revolution Group).
Wang's [4] office.

[1] Liu Lantao was arrested in 1931 while engaged in underground Party work in Tianjin. In
1936, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee, he and 61 others, including Bo Yibo,
were released from prison after completing simple formalities. During the Cultural
Revolution, he was persecuted by the Lin Biao and Jiang Qing counter-revolutionary cliques.
He was rehabilitated in 1978.
[2] On November 24, 1966, Zhou Enlai wrote a report to Mao Zedong, stating, "I am sending
you a telegram from the Northwest Bureau and a letter from Liu Lantao." "Because this
collective surrender case implicates so many people, and the decision was made by
Comrade Shaoqi on behalf of the Central Committee, and both the Seventh and Eighth
National Congresses have examined it, the Central Committee must acknowledge its
knowledge of the matter." "I have drafted a telegram on a separate sheet. If it is correct,
please approve it." Zhou Enlai drafted a reply from the Central Committee to the Northwest
Bureau, stating, "Please explain to the Nankai University Weidong Red Guards and the
students from the Xi'an Bombardment Headquarters Combat Team that the Central
Committee is aware of the issue of Comrade Liu Lantao's release from prison, as they
revealed." The first part of this section appears in Zhou Enlai's report. The second part
appears in Zhang Wentian's letter to Mao Zedong and others dated February 18, 1967.
Zhang Wentian attached a supporting document to the letter. The document states, "Shortly
after Liu Shaoqi first arrived at the Northern Bureau (in the spring of 1936), he wrote me a
letter regarding how to resolve the issue of cadres working in the white areas." "He said
there were a group of cadres in the Beijing prison who had performed well in the past.
According to insider information, the prison administrators knew their days were numbered
and were preparing to escape. They also wanted to deal with these prisoners quickly.
Therefore, they could be released by simply following a simple procedure: not to oppose the
Communist Party or make public statements. He proposed in his letter that this be done
immediately." "He also enclosed a petition from the cadres, stating three conditions, and



asked me to sign it, so that the cadres in prison would believe that the Central Committee
agreed to this approach. At the time, I had great faith in Liu Shaoqi's opinion and felt that it
would be a great opportunity to solve the problem of a genuine shortage of working cadres
without paying any price." "I replied to his letter, expressing my agreement with his opinion,
signed the petition, and returned it." On December 16, 1978, the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China approved the Organization Department's "Investigation Report on
the 'Six-One Case'." The Central Organization Department's report stated: "The so-called
traitor group of 61 people, including Bo Yibo, that was brought up during the Cultural
Revolution did not exist and was a gross miscarriage of justice." It also stated: "Comrade Bo
Yibo and others performed well in their struggle against the enemy in the re-education
camp. The procedures they followed for release were "special measures taken by the
organization under the specific historical conditions at the time."
[3] Zhang Wentian was responsible for the overall work according to the division of labour
among the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee after
the Zunyi Conference in January 1935.
[4] Wang refers to Wang Dongxing, who was then the director of the General Office of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.