(January 1976)
Agreed.
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On January 12, 1976, when Deng Xiaoping, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the State Council, submitted the Central Committee’s eulogy for Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong for review, he wrote: “The eulogy was examined and finalized by the Political Bureau meeting. It is now submitted for your review and instructions.” After reading it, Mao Zedong wrote this instruction.
On January 15, the memorial service for Zhou Enlai was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Deng Xiaoping, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, delivered the eulogy.