Premier, Wang Li: Hunan should also be dealt with in the same way as Guizhou. [2] Zhang
Bosen was the only provincial party secretary who persisted in his work in the provincial
party committee and did not flee at the beginning of the movement last year. It seems that
we should consult with him and see if there are other better cadres or rebel leaders who can
be brought in for consultation. Please make your own decision.
Mao Zedong
January 27

[1] Zhang Bosen, then serving as alternate secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of
the Communist Party of China and vice governor of Hunan Province, wrote a report on
January 25, 1967, to Premier Zhou Enlai and Chen Boda, member of the Standing Committee
of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Cultural
Revolution Group. He stated, "As a Party member, I wish to report two points to the Central
Committee: First, the situation in Hunan's Cultural Revolution movement is improving. The
rebels have completely gained political dominance, while the conservatives are
disintegrating. However, the work of the Provincial Committee is temporarily paralysed, and
the work of the leading organs has essentially come to a standstill. How to rely on the rebels,
unite the majority, and establish a new revolutionary order is an urgent issue. Second, many
units are currently demanding the dismissal and expulsion of cadres who have committed
errors. Since mid-January, demands for expulsion have been incessant. If this continues, the
consequences will be unimaginable.” In his telegram, Zhang Bosen also requested
permission from the Central Committee to make a report in Beijing and asked for guidance
on the above two issues.
[2] On January 21, 1967, Mao Zedong, in his comments to Zhou Enlai on handling the
Guizhou issue, pointed out that a dozen representatives from various parties involved in

2 Zhang Bosen (1914 – 1995) joined the Communist Party of China in 1938. He was the chief of the Shaanxi-
Gansu Border Region Government. In 1958, he was appointed vice governor of Hunan Province. From May
1966 to August 1967, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Committee of
the Communist Party of China and an alternate secretary of the Secretariat of the Hunan Provincial Committee
of the Communist Party of China. On April 22, 1967, Zhang Bosen issued a statement supporting the rebels in
seizing the "Hunan Daily". Later, Zhang Bosen served as deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Revolutionary
Committee. In 1974, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Committee of
the Communist Party of China. He was suspended for review in 1977 after the revisionists seized power. In
1984, with the approval of the revisionist Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he was expelled
from the party and removed from his position. He died in 1995.



Guizhou should be "brought to Beijing to study and determine the policy, and then they
should be sent back to implement it."