Ji and Wang [3] will handle the matter at their discretion. Also printed and distributed to all
comrades of the Politburo.

[1] Tan Zheng, formerly Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, Member
of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General
Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, and Deputy Minister of National
Defence. In October 1960, he was framed by Lin Biao at the enlarged meeting of the Central
Military Commission and was dismissed and demoted. He was further persecuted during the
Cultural Revolution. On April 28, 1973, he wrote to Mao Zedong, saying, "I am already sixty-seven years old, my body is getting old, and my illness is getting worse. I hope you will treat
my case leniently and release me in the near future." In 1975, Tan Zheng served as an
advisor to the Central Military Commission of the CPC. On March 21, 1979, the CPC Central
Committee and the Central Military Commission issued a notice approving the General
Political Department's "Decision on Completely Rehabilitating the Unjust Case of 'Tan
Zheng's Anti-Party Sectarian Group'", which completely rehabilitated him.
 [2] Ji refers to Ji Dengkui, who was then an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the
CPC Central Committee and a member of the Central Organization and Propaganda Group.
Wang refers to Wang Dongxing, who was then an alternate member of the Political Bureau
of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central
Committee.