Comrade Chou En-Lal Great Proletarian Reyolutionary of The
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China Reconstructs Eternal Glory to Comrade Chou En-lal Great Proletarian ReYolutionary of the Chinese People and Outstanding Communist Fighter! Supplement 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 China, 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 Cultural Revolution 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, Wan Li, 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, Chen Yun, 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 Wang Chen, 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 Shanghai 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 Long March.