Mao: The Unknown Story

leading playwright

Xia Yan

leading cultural figure

Xie He-geng

intelligence operative in the USA; husband of Wang Ying

Yang Chao

Yenan Terror witness; one-time secretary to Chou En-lai

Yang Fan

intelligence chief

Yang Yi

senior Xinhua News Agency official

Yu Zhan-bang

secretary to Zhang Zhi-zhong

Yuan Jing-shen

Party supervisor for architecture

Zhao Di-sheng

senior Xinhua News Agency official

Zheng Xing-he

air force officer involved in Tiger’s plot to assassinate Mao

Zhu Tie-zheng

air force officer, deputy head of the Ho Lung Case Team

VII WITNESSES TO MAJOR EVENTS

Chen Kai-ge

Red Guard; later leading film director

Li Hsiao-li

Yenan witness

Li Xiu-zhen

93-year-old living by the Dadu Bridge

Li Da-zhong

son of Mao’s doctor, Li Zhi-sui

Liu Dong-lin

son of Jiangxi province chief Liu Jun-xiu

Lu Hong

friend and victim of Li Na

Liu Xiao-ang

son of Li Shu-yi

Qiu Lu-guang

son of Qiu Hui-zuo

Qu Lei-lei

son of author of one of Mme Mao’s model operas; working in

television studio when special videos were made for Mao

Shi Da-zheng

(T)

son of film director who was the first famous cultural figure to commit suicide after Communist takeover

Sima Lu

Yenan witness

Song Yong-yi

(T)

Shanghai Cultural Revolution violence eyewitness; later scholar on Cultural Revolution

Wang Da-zhang

son of Wang Wei-guo; involved in the Tiger plot to assassinate Mao

Wei Jing-sheng

Red Guard; later leading democracy campaigner

Weiss, Ruth

long-time foreign resident in China

Wu Hong-da (Harry)

labor camp survivor and campaigner

Wu Peng-qing

Long Marcher

Wu Yi-man

daughter of Wu Xiu-quan

Zhang Xiao-ji

daughter of Zhang Ming-yuan (involved with Gao Gang)

Zhang Yan-sheng

daughter of Zhang Xiu-shan (involved with Gao Gang)

Zhang Yi-jiu

sorted out Mao’s books after Mao died

Zhou Chun

German-language interpreter

Zhu Luo-jun

sister-in-law of the Young Marshal

VIII HISTORIANS AND WRITERS WITH SPECIAL ACCESS

Cao Chun-rong, Cao Zhong-bin (T), Chen Dong-lin, Chen Jian, Cheng Zhong-yuan, Dai Qing, Ding Shu (T), Dong Bao-cun, Dong Sheng, Gao Wenqian, Gong Yu-zhi, Gu Bao-zi, He Di, He Ding, Huang Zheng, Jin Chong-ji, Jin Zhen-lin, Li Dan-hui, Li Hai-wen, Li Chun-lin, Liao Xin-wen, Lin Ying, Liu Bin-zhen, Liu Jia-ju, Liu Xiao-nong, Ma Zhen-du, Mao Bing-hua, Niu Jun, Quan Yan-chi, Shen Zhi-hua, Shi Dong-bing, Song Ke, Wang Nian-yi, Wang Xing-juan, Wang You-qin (T), Wang Yu-xiang, Wen Rui, Wu Qi-quan, Xu Chun-hua, Yan Jia-qi, Yang Kui-song, Yang Bu-sheng (T), Ye Yong-lie, Yin Qi, Yu Guo-lu, Zhang De-xiang, Zhang Guo-qi, Zhang Xi, Zhang Xue-xin, Zhang Zheng-long, Zheng Yi (T), Zhu Bing-feng, Zhu Yu, Zhu Zheng

TAIWAN

HISTORICAL FIGURES AND KEY WITNESSES

Chang Hsueh-liang

warlord of Manchuria; kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek, 1936

Chen Li-fu

close associate of Chiang Kai-shek; founded Nationalists’ FBI

Chiang Weigo

Chiang Kai-shek’s adopted son

Chien Fu

English-language secretary to Chiang; Foreign Minister

Chin Hsiao-i

secretary to Chiang

Hau Po-tsun

chief of Chiang’s Guard; Prime Minister

Hu Chiu-yuan

leading political and cultural figure

I Fu-en

Chiang’s pilot, close to Chiang and sons

Kao Kui-yuan

at Whampoa with Lin Biao; later military assistant to Chiang (interviewed via Kuo Tian-you)

Li Huan

Chiang Ching-kuo’s confidant

Lu Keng

(T)

leading investigative journalist

Mao Chia-hua

Nationalist member of parliament

Tsai Meng-chien

(T)

Nationalist intelligence man who caught Gu Shun-zhang

Wang Sheng

Chiang Ching-kuo’s confidant

Yang Hsi-kun

leading diplomat

Yu Ta-wei

Defense Minister

REST OF THE WORLD

(Italic: met Mao in a substantial way)

ALBANIA

Alia, Ramiz

Hoxha’s heir; later President

Belishova, Liri

Politburo member; key witness in Sino-Soviet split, 1960

Çomo, Maqo

Minister of Agriculture; at Khrushchev — Peng De-huai dinner, Tirana, May 1959

Fagu, Agim

basketball star; extensive trips to China

Hoxha, Nexhmije

wife of Party chief Enver Hoxha

Paçrami, Adil

Minister of Culture; editor, Party daily

Pllumi, Zef

Catholic priest imprisoned 22 years over China issue

Shehu, Bashkim

son of Premier Mehmet Shehu

Shyti, Pupo

Vice-Chairman, Planning Commission; chief trade negotiator with China

AUSTRALIA

Aarons, Eric

(T)

head of Australian Communist Party study group, in China early 1950s

FitzGerald, Stephen

ambassador to China

BELGIUM

Grippa, Madeleine

Maoist leader, 1960s

Pairoux, Serge

Maoist activist

Tindemans, Léo

Prime Minister

BRAZIL

Amazonas, Joao

Maoist leader

Prestes, Fernanda

(T)

schoolmate of Mao’s sons in Russia

Prestes, Yuri

schoolmate of Mao’s sons in Russia

CAMBODIA

Hor Namhong

Foreign Minister; with Sihanouk in Peking 1970–75

DENMARK

Hartling, Poul

Prime Minister (and Mrs.)

EGYPT

Farid, Col. Abdul Magid

Secretary-General of the presidency under Nasser; later adviser to the Algerian presidency

Heikal, Mohammed Hasanein

senior adviser and confidant to

Nasser; Minister of Foreign Affairs; editor,

Al Ahram

FRANCE

Behr, Edward

journalist; in China, 1964