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Comments on Wu De's [1] draft broadcast speech at Tiananmen Square [2]
(April 7, 1976)
Seventh day, seventeen thirty hours
[1]
Wu De, then member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and First Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee.
[2]
These comments were written on the draft of Wu De's speech submitted for review by Hua Guofeng on April 7, 1976. In this broadcast speech, Wu De stated: "Today, there are bad elements carrying out sabotage and disturbances at Tiananmen Square, engaging in counter-revolutionary destructive activities. The revolutionary masses should immediately leave the square and not be deceived by them."