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14 Mao on Molotov: Mao 1987–98, vol. 6, p. 643 (E: Schoenhals 1986, p. 123); Micunovic, p. 322; cf. Vereshchagin, p. 93; Istochnik, no. 4, 1996, p. 112 (to Yudin, 29 Oct. 1957). Mao’s “megalomania”: Khrushchev 1977, vol. 2, pp. 300, 321; cf. id. 1990, p. 154. Chou asked for nuclear submarines: Zhou 1997, vol. 2, p. 149; China Today 1992a, vol. 1, p. 342; cf. Fursenko, pp. 316, 1038–9. Mao — Yudin, 21 July 1958: Vereshchagin (present), pp. 119–21.

15 –406 Mao — Yudin, 22 July: minutes in CWB nos. 6–7, pp. 155–9; DDWX, 1994, no. 1, pp. 16–20; Wu Lengxi 1999, pp. 158–66; Wang Taiping 1998, pp. 226–7. Khrushchev — Mao talks in China: CWB nos. 12–13, pp. 250–62; Fedorenko 1990; Troyanovsky interviews, 20 June & 18 Aug. 1995; Khrushchev 1977, vol. 2, pp. 306ff; interview with Kudashev, 28 June 1995. Second Taiwan Crisis: Wang Taiping 1998, p. 218; Ye Fei, pp. 649ff; cf. Eliades, p. 355; Tucker, pp. 128–32.

16 –407 Mao — Gromyko: Kapitsa 1996, pp. 61–3 (present); Kapitsa interview; Gobarev, pp. 25–7; Ford; Lewis & Xue 1994, p. 17; Khrushchev 1977, vol. 2, pp. 310–12; Wang Taiping 1998, pp. 218–19; Wu Lengxi 1999, p. 180. Chou to Russian chargé: Dai Chaowu, p. 66.

17 Khrushchev letter, 27 Sept. 1958: in Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SSSR — KNR vol. 1, p. 232; cf. ibid., p. 233. “people dying”: Yang Kuisong 1999, p. 434. “Why do it”: Huang Kecheng, p. 255.

18 Mao 1977, pp. 136–7 (E: Kau & Leung, p. 516).

19 4 Feb. 1959 deal: China Today 1989a, vol. 2, p. 157; Zazerskaya 1997, pp. 173–4; Lewis & Xue 1994, p. 17.

CHAPTER 39 Killing the “Hundred Flowers”

1 “number of arrests”: Mao 1987–98, vol. 6, pp. 45–6. Colleagues on Eastern Europe: Liu 1991, p. 647; Zhou 1993, pp. 336, 344. Mao’s view: Mao CCRM, vol. 11A, p. 114; Mao 1977, pp. 317–23 (E: Leung & Kau, pp. 163, 167); Yang Kuisong 1999, p. 388.

2 27 Feb. 1957: Mao CCRM, vol. 1, pp. 190–232 (E: MacFarquhar et al., pp. 131–89). “brainwashing”: 17 Nov. 1957, Mao CCRM, vol. 11A, p. 211 (E: Leung & Kau, p. 775). Told few cronies: Mao CCRM, vol. 11A, pp. 168–72.

3 “catch the snakes”: 6 Apr. 1958, Mao CCRM, vol. 13, p. 115. Dissent: Niu & Deng, pp. 122–3, 200, 204, 208–10, 269; Ding Shu 1993, pp. 124, 132; Zhu Zheng, pp. 384, 447, 470–2; XB, 1957, no. 14, pp. 61–6.

4 –412 Uprising impossible: cf. instruction, 6 June 1957, Mao 1987–98, vol. 6, pp. 491–2; Niu & Deng, pp. 215–19. Pamphlet, appeals: in Mao 1987–98, vol. 6, p. 493; Niu & Deng, pp. 34, 143–7, 262. Ordered editorial: Wu Lengxi 1995, 39–42 (E: Leung & Kau, pp. 564–7).

5 Circular, 12 June: Mao 1987–98, vol. 6, pp. 469–76. Scientists: Jin Chongji et al. 1998, p. 396; Zhu Zheng, p. 405. Sadistic theater: Mao CCRM, vol. 1, 362; Zhu Zheng, pp. 435–40. “denounced 100,000”: Mao CCRM, vol. 13, p. 201.

6 “Little Hungary”: Cai Gong; CCP Hubei Committee, p. 330. Education budget: Finance Ministry, vol. 2, p. 436; cf. Pan, p. 367.

7 –414 Dai Huang: Dai Huang.

8 –415 Chou attacked: Bo Yibo 1993, pp. 636–9; Jin Chongji et al. 1998, p. 409; Mao 1977, pp. 225–6; Ke Hua, in BNC, 1999, no. 3, p. 45. Fatal breakdown: ZR vol. 10, pp. 187–9; Li Zhisui, p. 219 (E: p. 230); Bo Yibo 1993, p. 639.

9 Secretary recalled: Fan Ruoyu, in Jin Chongji et al. 1998, pp. 434–5; Chou speech in Teiwes with Sun 1999, pp. 253–7.