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Chapter 34: Violence

1
Beijing, 13 May 1959, 1-14-574, pp. 38–40.
2
Interview with Li Popo, born 1938, Langzhong county, Sichuan, April 2007.
3
Neibu cankao
, 27 June 1960, pp. 11–12.
4
Guangdong, 25 Jan. 1961, 217-1-645, p. 13.
5
Guangdong, 30 Dec. 1960, 217-1-576, p. 78.
6
Guangdong, 5 Feb. 1961, 217-1-645, pp. 35–49.
7
Hunan, 3 April 1961, 151-1-24, p. 6.
8
Hunan, 1960, 146-1-520, pp. 97–106.
9
Hunan, 8 April 1961, 146-1-583, p. 96.
10
Guangdong, 1960, 217-1-645, pp. 25–8.
11
Hebei, 4 Jan. 1961, 880-1-11, p. 30.
12
Hunan, 1960, 146-1-520, pp. 97–106.
13
Guangdong, 16 April 1961, 217-1-643, pp. 123–31; 25 Jan. 1961, 217-1-646, pp. 15–17.
14
Xinyang diwei zuzhi chuli bangongshi, ‘Guanyu diwei changwu shuji Wang Dafu tongzhifan suo fan cuowu ji shishi cailiao’, 5 Jan. 1962, pp. 1–2.
15
Guangdong, 16 April 1961, 217-1-643, pp. 123–31.
16
This happened in Rongxian; Sichuan, 1962, JC1-3047, pp. 37–8.
17
Guangdong, 16 April 1961, 217-1-643, pp. 123–31; 25 Jan. 1961, 217-1-646, pp. 15–17.
18
Guangdong, 23 March 1961, 217-1-643, pp. 10–13.
19
Hunan, 15 Nov. 1960, 141-1-1672, pp. 32–3.
20
Neibu cankao
, 21 Oct. 1960, p. 12; Sichuan, 25 May 1959, JC1-1721, p. 3.
21
Guangdong, 23 March 1961, 217-1-643, pp. 10–13.
22
Guangdong, 1960, 217-1-645, pp. 60–4.
23
Hebei, 27 June 1961, 880-1-7, p. 55.
24
Sichuan, 27 Jan. 1961, JC1-2606, p. 65; 1960, JC1-2116, p. 105.
25
Guangdong, 12 Dec. 1960, 217-1-643, pp. 33–43.
26
Guangdong, 23 March 1961, 217-1-642, p. 33.
27
Guangdong, 1961, 217-1-644, pp. 32–8.
28
Guangdong, 29 Jan. 1961, 217-1-618, pp. 42–6; also Hebei, 27 June 1961, 880-1-7, p. 55.
29
Hunan, 3 and 14 April 1961, 151-1-24, pp. 1–13 and 59–68; also 3 Feb. 1961, 146-1-582, p. 22.
30
Neibu cankao
, 21 Oct. 1960, p. 12.
31
Guangdong, 1960, 217-1-645, pp. 60–4.
32
Neibu cankao
, 30 Nov. 1960, p. 17.
33
Hunan, 3 Feb. 1961, 146-1-582, p. 22.
34
Hunan, 10 Aug. 1961, 146-1-579, pp. 32–3.
35
Sichuan, 1960, JC1-2112, p. 4.
36
Guangdong, 16 April 1961, 217-1-643, pp. 123–31; 25 Jan. 1961, 217-1-646, pp. 15–17.
37
Guangdong, 1961, 217-1-644, pp. 32–8; 1961, 217-1-618, pp. 18–41, in particular pp. 21 and 35.
38
Hunan, 1961, 151-1-20, pp. 34–5.
39
Interview with Mr Leung, born 1949, Zhongshan county, Guangdong, 13 July 2006.
40
Guangdong, 1960, 217-1-645, pp. 60–4.
41
Hunan, 8 April 1961, 146-1-583, p. 96; also 12 May 1960, 146-1-520, pp. 69–75.
42
Hunan, Sept. 1959, 141-1-1117, pp. 1–4.
43
Macheng, 20 Jan. 1959, 1-1-378, p. 24; Guangdong, 1960, 217-1-645, pp. 60–4;
Neibu cankao
, 30 Nov. 1960, p. 17.
44
Beijing, 7 Jan. 1961, 1-14-790, p. 10.
45
Hunan, 1961, 151-1-20, pp. 34–5.
46
Guangdong, 1961, 217-1-644, pp. 32–8.
47
Report by Xu Qiwen, Hunan, 12 March 1961, 141-1-1899, pp. 216–22.
48
Yunnan, 9 Dec. 1960, 2-1-4157, p. 171.
49
Report by provincial party committee work team, Sichuan, 1961, JC1-2616, pp. 110–11.
50
Hunan, 15 Nov. 1960, 141-2-125, p. 1.
51
Hunan, 8 April 1961, 146-1-583, p. 95.
52
Report by Xu Qiwen, Hunan, 12 March 1961, 141-1-1899, p. 222.
53
Xinyang diwei zuzhi chuli bangongshi, ‘Guanyu diwei changwu shuji Wang Dafu tongzhifan suo fan cuowu ji shishi cailiao’, 5 Jan. 1962, pp. 1–2.
54
Sichuan, 5 Jan. 1961, JC1-2604, p. 35.
55
Speeches on 21 and 24 Aug. 1958, Hunan, 141-1-1036, pp. 24–5 and 31.
56
Speech by Li Jingquan on 5 April 1962, Sichuan, JC1-2809, p. 11.
57
Hunan, 4 Feb. 1961, 151-1-20, p. 14.
58
Hunan, 1961, 151-1-20, pp. 34–5.
59
Report from central inspection committee, Hunan, 15 Nov. 1960, 141-2-125, p. 3.
60
Sichuan, 29 Nov. 1960, JC1-2109, p. 118.
61
Hunan, 4 Feb. 1961, 151-1-20, p. 14.
62
Ibid., pp. 12–13.
63
Yunnan, 9 Dec. 1960, 2-1-4157, p. 170.
64
Guangdong, 1961, 217-1-644, pp. 32–8.
65
Sichuan, 2 May 1960, JC1-2109, pp. 10 and 51.
66
Sichuan, 1961, JC1-2610, p. 4.
67
Interview with Wei Shu, born 1920s, Langzhong county, Sichuan, April 2006.
68
Sichuan, 1960, JC133-219, pp. 49 and 131.
69
Adam Tooze,
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
, New York: Allen Lane, 2006, pp. 530–1.
70
Guangdong, 8 May 1960, 217-1-575, pp. 26–8.
71
Sichuan, 3 May 1959, JC1-1686, p. 43.
72
Yunnan, 22 May 1959, 2-1-3700, pp. 93–4.
73
Guangdong, 5 Feb. 1961, 217-1-119, p. 44.
74
Guangdong, 2 Jan. 1961, 217-1-643, pp. 61–6.
75
Kaiping, 6 June 1959, 3-A9-80, p. 6.
76
Nanjing, 15 Sept. 1959, 5003-3-721, p. 70.
77
Nanjing, 8 May 1959, 5003-3-721, p. 12.

Chapter 35: Sites of Horror

1
Hunan, 6 Aug. 1961, 146-1-579, pp. 5–6.
2
Material quoted in Yang,
Mubei
, pp. 901–3.
3
Gansu, 5 July 1965, 91-5-501, pp. 4–5.
4
Ibid., p. 24.
5
Ibid., pp. 5–7.
6
Ibid., p. 7.
7
Gansu, 12 Jan. 1961, 91-4-735, p. 79.
8
Gansu, 10 Feb. 1960, 91-4-648, entire file; 24 March 1960, 91-4-647, entire file.
9
Gansu, 21 April 1960, 91-18-164, pp. 153–60.
10
Sichuan, 1961, JC1-2608, pp. 1–3 and 21–2; 1961, JC1-2605, pp. 147–55.
11
Sichuan, 1961, JC1-2605, p. 171.
12
Sichuan, 1961, JC1-2606, pp. 2–3.
13
Reports by Yang Wanxuan, Sichuan, 22 and 27 Jan. 1961, JC1-2606, pp. 48–9 and 63–4; also 25 and 27 Jan. 1961, JC1-2608, pp. 83–8 and 89–90.
14
Sichuan, 8 Dec. 1958, JC1-1804, pp. 35–7.
15
Sichuan, 4 April 1961, JC12-1247, pp. 7–14.
16
Report from the supervisory committee, Chishui, 1961, 2-A6-2, pp. 25–6.
17
Chishui, 30 Sept. 1958, 1-A9-4, pp. 30–1; 14 Jan. 1961, 1-A12-1, pp. 83–7; Dec. 1960, 1-A11-30, pp. 67–71; also 25 April 1960, 1-A11-39, pp. 11–15.
18
Chishui, 9 May 1960, 1-A11-9, pp. 5–9.
19
Guizhou, 1960, 90-1-2234, p. 24.
20
Guizhou, 1962, 90-1-2708, printed pages 1–6.
21
Chishui, 9 May 1960, 1-A11-9, pp. 5–9.
22
Letter from Nie Rongzhen to Mao Zedong sent from Chengdu, Gansu, 16 March 1960, 91-9-134, p. 2.

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