China Reconstructs

Eternal Glory to

Comrade Chou En-lal

Great Proletarian ReYolutionary

of the Chinese People and Outstanding Communist Fighter!

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COMRADE CHOU EN-LAI PASSES AWAY

Obituary Notice Issued by CPC Central Committee, NPC Standing Committee and State Council

"pHE Central Committee of the' Communist Party of treatment, Comrade Chou En-lai, the great fighter of , the Standing'Committee of the Notional the Chinese people, left us forever. His death is a People's Congress and the State Council of the Peo gigantic loss to our Party, our army and the people of ple's Republic of China announce with deepest grief: our country, to the cause of China's socialist revolu Comrade Chou En-lai, Member of the CPC Central tion and construction, to the international cause of opposing imperialism, colonialism and hegemonism, Committee, Member of the Political Bureau of the and to the cause of the international communist CPC Central Committee, Member of the Standing movement. Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice-Chairman of the CPC Central Com Comrade Chou En-lai was loyal to the Party and mittee, Premier of the State Council of the People's Re the people. Fighting heroically and working with utter public of China and Chairman of the Notional Com devotion, he selflessly dedicated all his energies mittee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative throughout his life to the implementation of Chairman Conference, died of cancer at 09:57 hours on January Mao's proletarian revolutionary line and to the victory 8, 1976, in Peking at the age of 78. of the liberation of the Chinese people and the cause of communism. Under the leadership of Chairman Comrade Chou En-lai was a fine member of the Mao, Comrade Chou En-lai made indelible contribu Communist Party of China, a great proletarian revolu tions and performed immortal services in the building tionary of the Chinese people, a loyal revolutionary and development of the Marxist Communist Party of fighter of the Chinese people and an eminent, long- China, in the building and development of our in tested leader of the Party and the state. vincible people's army, in the bringing of the new- Since Comrade Chou En-lai fell ill in 1972, he democratic revolution to victory and the founding of received constant and affectionate attention from our the socialist new China, in the consolidation of the great leader Chairman Mao and the Party Central great unity of the people of all nationalities led by Committee and was given meticulous, many-sided the working class and based on the worker-peasant treatment by medical personnel. He persisted in work alliance and in the development of the revolutionary ing throughout, and waged tenacious struggle against united front, in the struggle for the victory of the so the disease. As his condition worsened despite all cialist revolution and construction and the victory of the Great Proletarian and the ties and, under the leadership of the Party Central movement to criticize Lin Piao and Confucius, and in Committee headed by Chairman Mao, unite as one, the consolidation of the proletarian dictatorship in take class struggle as the key link, keep to the Party's our country, and thus won the wholehearted love and basic line, persevere in continuing the revolution respect of the whole Party, the whole army and the under the dictatorship of the proletariat, uphold pro people of the whole country. letarian internationalism, consolidate and develop the victories of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, The life of Comrade Chou En-lai was one of glori and strive to consolidate the dictatorship of the pro ous fighting for the cause of communism and one of letariat, combat and prevent revisionism, build China continuing the revolution with perseverance. into a powerful modern socialist country and bring the The news of Comrade Chou En-loi's death will cause of communism to triumph. arouse deep grief in the hearts of our people. We Eternal glory to Comrade Chou En-lai, great pro should turn our grief into strength. The whole Party, letarian revolutionary of the Chinese people and out the whole army and the people of the whole country standing communist fighter! should learn from Comrade Chou En-lai's proletarian revolutionary spirit and his noble revolutionary quali (Hsinhua News Agency, January 8, 1976)

Name List of Funeral Committee for

the Late Comrade Chou En-lai

^AO TSETUNG, Wong Hung-wen, Yeh Chien-ying, Mu-chih, Teng Kong, Wu Pao-huo, Chin Tsu-min, Teng Hsiao-ping, Chu Teh, Chang Chun-chiao, Hsieh Ching-yi (fem.), Yang Po-lan (fem.), Chiao Wei Kuo-ching, Liu Po-cheng, Chiang Ching (fern.), Kuan-hua, Shih Yi-chih, Li Chiang, Fang Yi, Sha Feng, Hsu Shih-yu, Hua Kuo-feng, Chi Teng-kuei, Wu Teh, Chen Shao-kun, Chou Tzu-chien, Liu Hsi-yao, Li Chi- Wang Tung-hsing, Chen Yung-kuei, Chen Hsi-lien, Li tai, Wang Cheng, Li Cheng-fang, Pien Chiang, Wang Hsien-nien, Li Teh-sheng, Yao Wen-yuan, Wu Kuei- Yang, Hsu Chin-chiang. Kang Shih-en, Chien Cheng- hsien (fern.), Su Chen-hua, Ni Chih-fu, Saifudin, ying (fem.), Chien Chih-kuang, , Yeh Fei, Soong Ching Ling (fem.), Kuo Mo-jo, Hsu Hsiang- Chung Fu-hsiang, Chang Ching-fu, Fan Tzu-yu, Yu chien, Nieh Jung-chen, , Ton Chen-lin, Li Hui-yung, Chou Jung-hsin, Liu Hsiong-ping (fem.), Ching-chuan, Chang Ting-cheng, Tsai Chang (fem.), Chuang Tse-tung, Wu Ching-tung, Su Ching, Fang Ulanfu, Ngapo Ngawang-Jigme, Chou Chien-jen, Hsu Chiang, Chen Kuo-tung, Yang Cheng-wu, Liang Pi- Teh-heng, Hu Chueh-wen, Li Su-wen (fem.), Yao Lien- yeh, Chang Tsung-hsun, Lin Li-yun (fem.), Tsai Hsiao, wei, Teng Ying-chao (fem.), Tsoo Yi-ou (fem.), Su Yu, Chu Yun-shan, Liu Wen-hui, Shih Liang (fem.), Hu , Yu Chiu-li, Ku Mu, Sun Chien, Shen Yen- Yu-chih, Sha Chien-li, Chi Fang, Huang Ting-chen, ping, Pebala Gelieh-Namje, Chiang Hua, Chang Chou Pei-yuon and Tien Fu-ta. Yao-tzu, Kuo Yu-feng, Keng Piao, Lo Ching-chang, Li Ta-chang, Lu Ying, Hsu Chien-sheng, Mo Ai, Chu (Hsinhiui News Agency, January 8, 1976) Vice-chairman Teng Hsiao-ping's Speech at the Memcrial Meeting for Comrade Chen En-lai

\A/ITH deepest grief, we pay tribute today to the Director of the Political Department of the First Army memory of Comrade Chou En-lai, a fine member of the National Revolutionary Army and Standing of the Communist Party of China, a great proletarian Committee Member and concurrently Military Affairs revolutionary, an outstanding communist fighter and Department Director of the CPC Kwangtung-Kwangsi an eminent, long-tested Party and state leader of the Regional Committee. He went to in the Chinese people. winter of 1926 to work with the Party Central Commit From the time Comrade Chou En-lai fell ill with tee and later became Secretary of the CPC Kiongsu- cancer in 1972, he received constant and affectionate Chekiong Regional Military Committee and Secretary attention from our great leader Chairman Mao and of the Military Commission of the CPC Central Com the Party Central Committee and was given meticu mittee. He was the principal leader of the 1927 lous, many-sided treatment by medical personnel. He Shanghai workers' armed uprisings. After Chiang persisted in working throughout and waged tenacious Kai-shek and then Wang Ching-wei betrayed the struggle against the disease. Comrade Chou En-lai's revolution. Comrade Chou En-lai, together with other condition worsened despite all treatment, and his comrades, led the August 1 Nanchang Uprising to heart ceased to beat at 9:57 o'clock on the morning save the revolution; in that uprising he was Secretory of January 8, 1976. The whole Party, the whole army of the CPC Front Committee. During the Second and the people throughout our country are deeply Revolutionary Civil War period, he also carried on the grieved at the loss of our Premier. Party's underground revolutionary work in Shanghai, served as Director of the Organization Department of Comrade Chou En-lai's death is a gigantic loss the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the to our Party, our army and the people of our country, Military Commission of the Party Central Committee to the cause of China's socialist revolution and con and held other posts. After he entered the Central struction, to the international cause of opposing im Revolutionary Base Area in Kjangsi in December 1931, perialism, colonialism and hegemonism, and to the he was Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Central cause of the international communist movement. Soviet Area, Political Commissar of the First Front From youth. Comrade Chou En-lai dedicated Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red himself to the cause of the liberation of the Chinese Army and Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Military people. He took on active part in the May 4th Move Commission of the Party Central Committee and held ment of 1919, undertaking revolutionary activities other posts. He remained after the Tsunyi Meeting as against imperialism and feudalism. Between 1920 Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Commis and 1924, he studied in France and Germany under sion of the Party Central Committee under Chairman a work-study program and spread Marxism among Mao's leadership and took part in organizing and Chinese students and workers living in Europe. He leading the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army joined the Communist Party of China in 1922, be in its triumphant 25,000-H . When the came secretary of the European General Branch of Sian Incident occurred in December 1936, Comrade the Chinese Communist Youth League and worked in Chou En-lai, as the representative with full powers of the European General Branch of the Communist Party our Party, held talks with Chiang Kai-shek who was of China. During the period of the First Revolution then under arrest. During the negotiations, he firmly ary Civil War, he participated in the Northern Expedi carried out Chairman Mao's policy, compelled Chiang tion and made important contributions to the over Kai-shek to stop the civil war and brought about the throw of the reactionary rule of the northern warlords. peaceful settlement of the Sian Incident, and thus From 1924 to 1926, he served successively as Chair promoted the formation and development of the na man of the Kwangtung-Kwangsi Regional Committee tional united front against Japanese aggression. of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Polit During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he ical Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, engaged in united front work in the areas

4 and led the work of the Party organizations there as utter devotion, he selflessly dedicated all his energies the representative of the Party Central Committee and throughout his life to the implementation of Chairman secretary of its southern bureau. Stationed for a long Mao's proletarian revolutionary line and to the victory time in Chungking, then the seat of the Kuomintong of the liberation of the Chinese people and the cause government, he was fearless in the face of danger, of communism. Under the leadership of Chairman firmly adhered to Chairman Mao's policies and fought Mao, Comrade Chou En-lai made indelible contribu heroically against the Kuomintang's counter-revolu tions and performed immortal services in the building tionary policy of being passive in resisting Japan but ond development of the Marxist Communist Party of active in anti-communism. In August 1945, during the China; in the building and development of. our invin early period of the Third Revolutionary Civil War, he cible people's army; in the bringing of the new demo accompanied Chairman Mao to Chungking for the cratic revolution to victory and the founding of the negotiations with the Kuomintong. After the signing socialist new China; in the consolidation of the great of the "October 10th Agreement", he, as leader of the unity of the people of all nationalities led by the work CPC delegation, continued to wage tit-for-tat struggle ing class and based on the worker-peasant alliance against the U.S.-Chiang reactionaries in Chungking and in the development of the revolutionary united and Nanking. Comrade Chou En-lai returned to front; in the struggle for the victory of the socialist Yenan from Nanking in November 1946. When the revolution and construction and the victory of Chiang Kai-shek forces launched massive attacks on the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and the the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region in March movement to criticize Lin Pioo and Confucius; and in 1947, Comrade Chou En-lai remained in northern the consolidation of the proletarian dictatorship in our Shensi with Chairman Mao and took part in directing country. The whole Party, the whole army and the the People's Liberation War. people of the whole country love him and respect him During the new historical period in China of from the bottom of their hearts. socialist revolution and proletarian dictatorship. Com Internationally, Comrade Chou En-lai resolutely rade Chou En-lai was Premier of the government of implemented Chairman Mao's revolutionary line in the People's Republic of China from the time of its foreign affairs and upheld proletarian international founding and for a period was concurrently Minister ism. He made outstanding and indelible contributions of Foreign Affairs; he was Vice-Chairman of the Mili as well in strengthening the unity of our Party with tary Commission of the CPC Central Committee, Vice- Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations in other Chairman of the First Notional Committee of the countries, in combating modern revisionism and in Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and promoting the development of the international com Chairman of its Second and Third National Commit munist movement; in strengthening the unity of oiir tees. He was also elected a deputy to the First, Sec people with the people of other countries, especially ond, Third and Fourth National People's Congresses. those of the Third World, in striving to establish and Comrade Chou En-lai was elected to the Central develop relations with all other^countries on the basis Committee at the Fifth and all subsequent National of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, in unit Congresses of the Party. He was elected Alternate ing with all forces in the world that can be united with Member of the Political Bureau at the August 7, 1927, and in carrying out the struggle against imperialism meeting of the Central Committee. Starting with the and social-imperialism. He won the respect and ad Party's Sixth National Congress, he was elected unin miration of the people of the world. terruptedly to full membership in the Political Bureau Comrade Chou En-loi's life was one of glorious of the Central Committee. Comrade Chou En-lai was struggle for the cause of communism and one of con elected Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central tinuing the revolution with perseverance. He is an Committee at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Sixth example that the whole Party, the whole army and Central Committee and at the First Plenary Session of the people of the whole country should learn from. the Seventh Central Committee of the Party. He was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the In mourning Comrade Chou En-lai, we should Political Bureau of the Central Committee at the First learn from his boundless loyalty to Marxism-Leninism- Plenary Session of the Eighth,, the Ninth and the Tenth Mao Tsetung Thought. He loved and revered our great Central Committee of the Party. He was elected leader Chairman Mao wholeheartedly, safeguarded Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee at the First Chairman Mao's proletarian revolutionary line reso Plenary Session of the Eighth and the Tenth Central lutely, persevered in continuing the revolution under the Committee of the Party. dictatorship of the proletariat and in combating and Comrade Chou En-lai was loyal to the Party and preventing revisionism, and fought all his life for the the people. Fighting heroically and working with realization of the great ideal of communism. We should learn from his noble quality of serving plain and hard-working way. We should follow his the people wholeheartedly. Under the leadership of example of odhering to a proletarian style of life and Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee, opposing the bourgeois style of life. Comrade Chou En-lai undertook the arduous day-to- day tasks of the Party and the state. He was always We should learn from his revolutionary tenacity diligent and conscientious, hard-working and uncom in fighting illness. While he was ill, he constontly plaining, indefatigable and selfless in working for the studied and implemented Chairman Moo's principles interests of the people of China and the world. and policies and kept on studying works by Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stolin and by Chairman Mao. Even We should learn from his staunchness in fighting when his condition became very grave, he attentively the enemy. No matter how ruthless the White Terror, listened to several readings of the two brilliant poems how fierce the armed struggle and how sharp the of Chairman Mao published on New Year's Day. This battle in face-to-face negotiations with the enemy, he fully showed his indomitable revolutionary spirit. was daring regardless of personal danger, brilliant and resourceful, brave, steadfast, calm and fully con Comrade Chou En-lai, a great revolutionary fident of victory. fighter of the Chinese people, has left us forever. We should turn our grief into strength. Under the leader We should learn from his strong proletarian Party ship of the Party Central Committee headed by Chair spirit. He was open and above-board, paid attention man Mao, we should unite as one, take class struggle to the interests of the whole, observed Party discipline, as the key link, conscientiously study the theory of the was strict in "dissecting" himself and good at uniting dictatorship of the proletariat, keep to the Party's the mass of cadres, and upheld the unity and soli basic line, persevere in continuing the revolution under darity of the Party. He maintained brood and close ties the dictatorship of the proletariat, adhere to Chair with the masses and showed boundless warmhearted man Mao's revolutionary line and policies in foreign ness toward all comrades and the people. He reso affairs, consolidate and develop the victories of the lutely implemented the principle of the three-ln-one Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, consolidate the combination of old, middle-aged end young cadres, dictatorship of the proletariat, combat and prevent and ardently supported the new forces and new things revisionism, and strive ta build China into a powerful that emerged during the Great Proletarian Cultural modern socialist country and bring the cause of com Revolution. munism to triumph. We should learn from his fine style —being Unite to win still greater victories! modest and prudent, unassuming and approachable, setting an example by his conduct, and living in a (Hsinhua News Agency, January 15, 1976)

Grieved workers, peasants, government cadres, students, commanders and fighters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army deeply mourn the death of Comrade Chou En-lai at solemn ceremonies at Peking's Working Peopie's Palace of Culture from Januory 12 to 14.

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WITH deepest grief, the Party, Tsai Chang, Ulanfu, Ngapo were solemnly escorted by Comrade ormy and people throughout Ngawang-Jigme, Chou Chien-jen, Wong Hung-wen, Wang Tung- the country hove paid tribute to the Hsu Teh-heng, Hu Chueh-wen, Li hsing, Teng Ying-chao and staff memory of beloved Comrode Chou Su-wen, Yao Lien-wei, Wang Chen, members of the funeral committee En-loi. Yu Chiu-li, Ku Mu and Sun Chien; and friends of the late Premier to Vice-Chairmen of the National the Papooshon crematory. The Centrol Committee of the Committee of the Chinese People's Communist Forty of Chino ond the Political Consultative Conference A solemn ceremony of mourning Stote Council of the People's Re Shen Yen-ping and Pebala Gelieh was held at the Working People's public of Chino onnounced on Nomje; and President of the Su Palace of Culture on January 12, Jonuory 9 thot in the copitol the preme People's Court Chiang Hua 13 and 14. notionol flog vrould be flown at They stood in silent tribute and ex half-mast on Tien An Men Square tended sincere sympathy to Com Beneath a portrait of Comrade and at the gates of Hsin Huo Men, rode Teng Ying-choo, member o Chou En-loi on the main wall of the the Working People's Palace of mourning hall a casket containing the Central Committee of the Com Culture and the Ministry of Foreign munist Party of China and comrade his ashes rested, covered with the Affairs from the day the obituary in-arms and wife of Comrade Chou flog of the Chinese Communist notice was issued to January 15 En-lai. Party, in the rrtidst of flowers and when o memorial meeting would green plants. Two Chinese Peo be held. Among those present at the Pe ple's Liberation Army soldiers sol king Hospital to pay last respects emnly stood guard at the sides of The body of Comrade Chou En- to Comrade Chou En-lai were mem loi lay in state in the Peking Hos the casket. A huge streamer on bers and alternate members of the the eaves of the hall read: "Eternal pital on January 10 and 11, draped Party Central Committee, members with the flag of the Communist Glory to Comrade Chou En-lai, of the Notional People's Congress Great Proletarian Revolutionary of Party of China and surrounded by Standing Committee, members of flowers and evergreens. Party and the Chinese People and Outstand the Standing Committee of the Peo ing Communist Fighterl" state leaders, with love, respect and ple's Political Consultative Con extreme grief, paid their last re ference National Committee in The wreaths presented by our spects together with leading mem Peking, and leading members of great leader Chairman Mao and bers of the departments of the departments under the Party Cen the Central Committee of the Com Party, government and army, repre tral Committee and government munist Party of China carried the in sentatives of patriotic democratic departments, the general depart scription: "In mourning for Com personages and over 10,000 repre ments, arms and services of the rade Chou En-lai." sentatives of the people in the People's Liberation Army, the capital. Science and Technology Commis Also placed in the hall were Party and state leaders who sion for Notional Defense, military wreaths from other Party and state went to pay last honors to Comrade academies, the Peking units and leaders. Chou En-lai were Chu Teh, Wang garrison of the PLA, the Peking Comrade Teng Ying-chao pre Hung-wen, Yeh Chien-ying, Teng Municipal Party Committee and the sented o wreath with the inscrip Hsiao-ping, Chang Chun-chiao, Peking Municipal Revolutionary tion: "In mourning for Comrade-in Soong Ching Ling, Chiang Ching, Committee. Also present were rep arms En-lai." Vao Wen-yuan, Li Hsien-nien, Chen resentatives of the provincial Party Hsi-lien, Chi Teng-kuei, Hua Kuo- committees and the provincial rev Wreaths were presented by the feng, Wang Tung-hsing, Wu Teh, olutionary committees of Chekiong Standing Committee of the Notional Chen Yung-kuei, Wu Kuei-hsien, and Kiangsu provinces who hod People's Congress, the State Coun Su Chen-hua, Ni Chih-fu, Kuo Mo mode a special trip to Peking. cil, the Military Commission of the jo, Hsu Hsiong-chien, Nieh Jung- Party Central Committee, the No chen, Chen Yun, Ton Chen-lin, Li At 4:45 p.m. January 11, the tional Committee of the People's Ching-chuan, Chang Ting-cheng, remains of Comrade Chou En-lai Political Consultative Conference, departments under the Party Cen Workers, peasants, PLA com All newspapers in China con tral Committee and the state or manders and soldiers, government tinued to carry messages of con gans, various people's organiza cadres and people of various na dolence on the death of Comrade tions, the general departments of tionalities from all walks of life in Chou En-!ai from state leaders, the People's Liberation Army, the Peking poured into the hall from Marxist-Leninist parties and organ PLA Science and Technology Com morning until evening. Wearing izations and friendly personages of mission for National Defense, var black arm bands and white flowers many countries of the world. ious services and arms of the PLA, on their jackets, people filed past On the afternoon of January 15, military academies, and the high the late Premier's portrait to the Party and state leaders and more military area commands of the PLA, strains of funeral music played by a than 5,000 representatives from the Party committees and revolu military band. With tears in their various circles in the capital at tionary committees of 29 provinces, eyes, they observed silence before tended o solemn memorial meeting municipalities and autonomous re the Premier's portrait and paid their for Comrade Chou En-lai. The na gions, patriotic compatriots of last respects. tional flag was at half-mast Taiwan province, the Shanghai throughout the country and all Municipal Trade Union Council, More than 2,000 foreign friends, and the municipal Party committees experts, students and trainees now recreational activities were sus pended, and revolutionary committees of visiting or stationed in Peking went Kwangchow, Nanchang, Wuhan, in person to the Working People's The memorial meeting was held Nanking, Chungking, Sian and Palace of Culture to mourn Premier in the Great Holl of the People. Chou En-lai. Yenan. Overseas Chinese and Above the entrance to the meeting compatriots from Hongkong and Diplomatic envoys and officials hall were the words: "Eternal Glory Macao also presented wreaths. of various countries to China and to Comrade Chou En-lai, Great representatives of the Mission of Proletarian Revolutionary of the There were also wreaths from the Palestine Liberotion Orgoniza- Chinese People and Outstanding Comrade Kim II Sung sent through tion in Peking paid their last Communist Fighter!" In the hall a envoys on a special trip, and from respects. Representatives of the portrait of Comrade Chou En-lai Comrade Enver Hoxha and Nicolae Liaison Office of the United Stotes was hung above the casket which Ceausescu, General Secretary of of America in China olso attended. was draped with the flag of the the Romanian Communist Party and Communist Party of China and sur President of the Socialist Republic Taking turns to receive the for rounded by evergreens and flowers. of Romanio. eign mourners in the hall were Block streamers were on all walls. Party and state leaders Chang Wreaths presented by Chairman There were also wreaths from Chun-chiao, Yao Wen-yuan, Hua many Marxist-Leninist parties and Kuo-feng, Wu Teh, Chen Yung-kuei, Mao and the Party Central Com mittee were on either side of Com organizations, state leaders and Wu Kuei-hsien, Ulanfu, Li Su-wen, rade Chou En-lai's portrait. governments of foreign countries, Yao Lien-wei, Wang Chen, Ku Mu diplomatic missions in Peking, am and Sun Chien; Head of the Inter- There were also wreaths from bassadors to China and embassies notional Liaison Department of the other Party and state leaders. The of many countries in Peking, as well Party Central Committee Keng Piao wreath presented by Comrade Teng as foreign guests, experts, students and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ying-choo was laid before the and trainees now in Peking. Chiao Kuan-huo. casket. ' •-. f »iilH?Sl..i;-t - f-.. \v V- -••• •. K »»• »' I .•♦■• ^ , a

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On Januat7 15. Forty and state leoders and representotives trom various circles in the copitol hold a solemn memorial meeting for Comrade Chou En-ioi. Comrode Teng Hsiao-ping, Vice-Choirman of the CPC Central Committee end Vice-Premier of the State Council, delivers a memorial speech. Attending the meeting are (front row from left); Nieh Jung-chen, Kuo Mo-jo, Su Chen-hua. Chen Yung-kuei, Wong Tung-hsing. Chi Teng-kuei, Li Hsien-nien, Chiang Ching. Chang Chun-chiao. Yeh Chien-ying, Wang Hung-wen, Soong Ching Ling, Yao Wen-yuan, Chen Hsi-iien, Hua Kuo-feng, Wu Teh, Wu Kuet-hsien, Ni Chih-fu, Hsu Hsiong-chien and Chen Yun.

Representatives of the people in Peking, with love, respect and extreme grief, poy their last respects to the remains of Comrade Chou En-lai on January 10 and 11.

There were wreaths from the Standing Committee of the Na tional People's Congress, the State Council, the Military Commission of the Party Central Committee, the Notional Committee of the People's Political Consultative Conference, departments under the Party Cen tral Committee ond State Council, people's organizations, the general departments, the Science and Technology Commission for Na tional Defense, and the services and arms of the People's Liberation Army, the military academies, the If PLA high military area commands, the Party committees and revolu tionary committees of 29 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, patriotic compatriots of Toiwan province, the Shanghai Municipal Trade Union Council, and the municipal Party committees and revolutionary committees of Kwangchow, Nanchang, Wuhan, Nanking, Chungking, Sian and Yenan. * Attending the memorial meeting were Party and stote leaders Wong Hung-wen, Veh Chien-ying, Teng Hsiao-ping, Chang Chun-chiao, Party and state leaders Wang Hung-wen, Yeh Chien-ying ond Teng Hsico-ping extend sincere sympathy to Comrade Teng Ving-chao, Comrade Chou En-lai's old comrode-ln-orms and wife.

Soong Ching Ling, Chiang Ching, garrison of the PLA, the Peking mittee and Vice-Premier of the Yao Wen-yuan, Lt Hsien-nien, Municipal Party Committee and the State Council, delivered a memorial Chen Hsi-lien, Chi Teng-kuei, Hua Peking Municipal Revolutionary tribute (see p. 4). Kuo-feng, Wang Tung-hsing, Wu Committee, representatives of the Teh, Chen Yung-kuei, Wu Kuei- provincial Party committees and After the memorial speech, all hsien, Su Chen-hua, Ni Chih-fu, provinciol revolutionory committees present made three bows before Kuo Mo-jo, Hsu Hsiang-chien, Nieh of Chekiang and Kiongsu provinces, the portrait of Comrade Chou En- Jung-chen, Chen Yun, Tan Chen- representatives of workers, peasants loi. lin, Li Ching-chuan, Chang Ting- and soldiers and people from all Party and state leaders extended cheng, Tsai Chang, Uianfu, Ngapo walks of life, patriotic personages, sincere condolences to Comrode Ngawang-Jigme, Chou Chien-jen, medical personnel and people who Teng Ying-chao at the meeting. Hsu Teh-heng, Hu Chueh-wen, Li worked with the Premier. Su-wen, Yao Lien-wel, Wang Comrode Chou En-lai's ashes Chen, Yu Chiu-li, Ku Mu and Sun At three in the afternoon. Com were later scattered in the rivers Chien; and Vice-Chairtnen of the rade Wang Hung-wen, Vice-Chair and fields of the motherland in ac National Committee of the People's man of the Party Central Committee, cordance with his wish. declared the memorial meeting Political Consultative Conference In various cities, in the vast Shen Yen-ping ond Pebala Gelieh- open. Funeral music was played Namje, President of the Supreme while all comrades stood in silent countryside, in the remote frontier regions, at army outposts and bar People's Court Chiang Hua, and tribute. racks, on trains, on freighters in the leading members of various depart Comrade Teng Hsiao-ping, Vice- Pacific, the Atlontic and the Indion ments of the Party, the government Chairman of the Party Central Com oceans, people of various nationali- and the army, and representatives of various circles. Attending the memorial meeting were also members and alternate members of the Party Central Com mittee, members of the Notional People's Congress Standing Com mittee, members of the Standing Committee of the People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee in Peking, and leading members of departments under the Party Central Committee and gov ernment departments, the general deportments, arms and services of the People's Liberation Army, the Science and Technology Commis sion for Notional Defense, military academies, Peking units ond Peking ties of China, standing at their own that the life of Comrade Chou En- Peking were greatly inspired when posts, paid tribute to the memory lai was one of continuing the rev they reviewed the Premier's instruc of Comrade Chou En-lai and ex olution and persevering in struggle tions and concern for them before pressed their mourning for him, against closs enemies. To learn his death. They made up their They said that -the Premier is a from the Premier, the people must minds to grasp class struggle, vig fine example for the Party, army always grasp class struggle firmly orously criticize capitalism and fight and people throughout the country and carry the socialist revolution for socialism in a big way under the to learn from. The Premier will through to the end. leadership of the Party Central Com forever remain in their memories. mittee headed by Chairman Mao. They must learn from Comrade Chou The members of the Mao Tsetung In the period of mourning, peasants En-lai's infinite loyalty to Marxism- locomotive crew of the Peking Rail of the Hsuchiawu brigade of the Leninism-Moo Tsetung Thought, his way Sub-Bureau, who hove overful Lochengwu commune in Pingku filled their task every month and selfless spirit in work, his noble county worked on farmland improve every year, expressed their deter revolutionary quality of serving the ment projects with still greater dedi mination to learn from the Premier's people wholeheartedly, his stead cation. Staff members of commer revolutionary spirit to drive trains fastness in struggle against the cial departments were determined to for the revolution and always fol enemy and his staunch proletarian learn more from the Premier's Party spirit. They expressed the low the revolutionary road. They example of serving the people determination to turn grief into were determined to stand in the wholeheartedly. strength and, under the leadership front line in the struggle to combat of the Party Central Committee and prevent revisionism, to- con Commanders and fighters of the headed by Chairman Mao, unite, solidate the proletarian dictatorship PLA units stationed in Peking said, take class struggle as the key link, and advance along Chairman "Under the leadership of Chairman earnestly study the theory of the Mao's revolutionary line forever. Mao, Comrode Chou En-lai made indelible contributions to the build dictatorship of the proletariat, ad Coal miners of the Chinghsi Min ing and developing of the glorious here to the Party's basic line, per ing Bureau voiced their pledge to People's Liberation Army. His rev severe in continuing the revolution grasp revolution and promote pro olutionary spirit and noble qualities under the dictatorship of the pro duction in the Premier's revolution letariat. adhere to Chairman Mao's ary spirit of working selflessly and will always remain engraved on our revolutionary line and policies in strive to fulfil the grand goal of minds. We must maintain revolu foreign affairs, consolidate and building China into a modern, tionary vigilance and stand guard develop the victories of the Great powerful socialist country set forth at our combat posts to defend the Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and by the Premier on behalf of the great socialist motherland." strive for the consolidation of the Party Central Committee at the dictatorship of the proletariat, com Teachers and students of Tsing- Fourth National People's Congress. bating and preventing revisionism, hua University who ore engaged in a deepening debate on the revolu for building China into a modern, Workers of the Hsinhua Printing tion in education held meetings to powerful socialist country and for House mourned for the Premier with the realization of the great ideal of practical action in the fight to build express their determination to learn from the Premier's spirit of resolutely communism. up socialism. Many shops created combating revisionism, and to strike the highest dally output record since back at the Right deviationists who The people hove poured their the beginning of the year. profound feelings for the Premier want to reverse previous verdicts into the socialist revolution and Cadres and peasants in Tapailou and to carry the proletarion revolu construction. Workers of the Cap brigade of the Red Star People's tion in education through to the ital Iron and Steel Company said Commune in Tahsing county outside end.

Comrades at the memorlol meeting standing in silent tribute amid strains of funeral music.

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I^OMRADE Chou En-lai was a fine member of the tiationol revolutionary forces and in the struggle Communist Party of China, a great proletarian against imperialism, social-imperialism and modern revolutionary, a loyal revolutionary fighter and an emi revisionism. The whole Party, the whole army and the nent, long-tested Party and state leader of the people of the whole country love him and respect him Chinese people. from the bottom of their hearts.

Comrade Chou En-lai was loyal to the Party and Comrade Chou En-lai's life was one of glorious the people. Fighting heroically and working with utter struggle for the cause of communism and one of con devotion, he selflessly dedicated all his energies tinuing the revolution with perseverance. He is an throughout his life to the implementation of Chairman example that the whole Party, the whole army and the Mao's proletarian revolutionary line and to the victory people of the whole country should learn from. of the liberation of the Chinese people and the cause Comrade Chou En-lai, a great revolutionary fighter of communism. Under the leadership of Chairman of the Chinese people, has left us forever. We should Mao, Comrade Chou En-lai made indelible contribu- turn our grief into strength. Under the leadership of tfons and performed immortal services in the building the Party Central Committee headed by Chairman and development of the Marxist Communist Party of Mao, we should unite as one, take class struggle as China; in the building and development of our invin the key link, conscientiously study the theory of the cible people's army; in the bringing of the new dictatorship of the proletariat, keep to the Party's basic democratic revolution to victory and the founding of line, persevere in continuing the revolution under the the socialist new China; in the consolidation of the dictatorship of the proletariat, adhere to Chairman great unity of the people of all nationalities led by the Mao's revolutionary line and policies in foreign affairs, working class and based on the worker-peasant consolidate and develop the victories of the Great alliance and in the development of the revolutionary Proletarian Cultural Revolution, consolidate the dic united front; in the struggle for the victory of the tatorship of the proletariat, combat and prevent revi socialist revolution and construction and the victory of sionism, and strive to build China into a powerful the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and the modern socialist country and bring the cause of com movement to criticize Lin Piao and Confucius, in the munism to triumph. consolidation of the proletarian dictatorship in our country; in the strengthening of the unity of the inter- Unite to win still greater victories!

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Upper left: Comrode Chou En-lal in Tientsin during'the May 4th Movement of 1919.

Upper right: Comrade Chou En-!ai wos in France and Germany in 1920-24 studying under a work-study program and spreading Marxism omong Chinese students and workers living in Europe. After joining the Communist Party of China in 1922, he became secretary of the European faronch of the Communist Youth League of China and worked in the European General Bronch of the CPC

Lower right: From 1924 to 1926, Comrade Chou En-lai served suc cessively as Chairman of the Kwangtung-Kwangsi Regional Com mittee of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Acodemy, Director of the Politico! Department of the First Army of the Nationol Revolutionary Army and Stonding Committee Member and concurrently Director of the Military Affairs Deportment of the CPC Kwangtung-Kwangsi Regional Committee. Chairman Moo and Comrade Chou En-lai in Yenon in 1945. I

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From October 1934 to October 1935, Comrode Chou En-lal took During the Sian Incident which occur port In organizing and leading the Chinese Workers' and Peas red in December 1936, Comrade Chou ants' Red Army In Its triumphant 25,000-it {12,500-km.) Long March. En-lai, as the representotive with full Photo: Comrade Chou En-lai In north Shensl. powers of the CPC, held talks with Chiang Kai-shek who was then under arrest. During the negotiations, he firmly corrled out Choirman Mao's policy, compelled Chiang Kai-shek to stop the civil war and brought about the peaceful settlement of the Sian Incident, thus promoting the formation and development of the notional unit ed front against Japanese aggression, Photo: Comrade Chou En-lal at the olrport upon his return to Yenon from Sian.

During the War of Resistance Against Jopan, Comrade Chou En-lal worked as the representative of the CPC Central Committee and stayed for a long time in Chungking, then seat of the Kuo- mintang government. He was fearless In the face of danger, firmly adhered to Choirman Mao's policies and fought heroically against the Kuomlntong's counter-revolutionary policy of being passive in resisting Japan but active in anti-communism. Photo: Comrade Chou En-lal at No. 50 Tsengchiayen, residence In Chungking of the Chinese Com munist Party delegation. When the Chiang Kai-shek forces bunched massive attacks on the Shensi - Kansu - Ningsb border region in March 1947, Comrade Chou En-bi remained In north Shensi with Chairman Mao and took part in directing the peo ple's liberation war.

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Comrade Chou En-fal at the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Centre! Committee of the Communist Party of Chino in March 1949. Upper left: Comrode Chou En-Iol at the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in September 1949.

Upper right; Comrade Chou En-ial at the cere nrflvti mony in celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China on the Tien An Men rostrum, October 1. 1949,

Lower right; Perseverlngly continuing the revolution under the proletorion dictotorship, Comrade Chou En-/al performs immortal services to win victory in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Comrade Chou En-loi ot the Second Plenory Session of the Ninth Central Committee of the Communist Forty of China. August 1970.

Comrade Chou En-loi delivering the Political Report at the CPC Tenth Nationoi Congress on behalf of the CPC Central Committee on August 24, 1973, Comrade Chou En-lal delivering his toast at the grand reception marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on September 30. 1974.

Comrade Chou En-lal at a group meeting during the First Session of the Fourth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, January 1975. Comrade Chou ' En-lai faking port in physical labor at the Ming Tombs Reser voir construction site on the outskirts of Peking, June 1958.

Comrade Chou En-lol cordially shakes honds with Wang Chin-hsi, "Iron Man" of the Taching oil field, as he receives representatives of advanced units In China's petroleum industry in Peking, October 1966. m '-•L

Comrade Chou En-loi wfth soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Comrode Chou En-lal at the First Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia, in April 1955, representing the People's Republic of China.

Accompanied by Comrode , Comrade Chou En-lai visited Albania, ten Africon countries and three Asian countries from December 1963 to February 1964. This further strengthened the friendship and solidarity between the people of China and these countries. Photo: Comrodes Chou En-lal and Chen Vi receiving a rousing welcome from the people of Peking on their return.

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fr Comrade Chou En-lol rebuffed vicious attacks on our Party by the Soviet revisionist renegade clique and defended Marxism-Lentnlsm-Mco Tselung Thaught when he attended celebrations of the 47th anniversary of the October Soclollst Revolution as head of the Chinese Party and Government Delegation In November 1964. Photo: Comrade Chou En-lai gets a rousing welcome from the people of Peking on his return from Moscow. I t • • I t

Comrade Chou En-[ai at won In his ofllce.