ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF CHINESE COMMUNIST LEADERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300370002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 25, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT Order of Precedence of Chinese
Communist Leaders
DATED 25 March 1955
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1. In early January 1955 the Chinese Communist authorities issued an official 25X1
announcement in Swatow to the effect that henceforth no city within China
with a population of lose than 500,000 was entitled to bang the photograph
of Dr. Sun Yat Sen at any public assembly or gathering.
2. The authorities also ordered that photographs of q#ina's five leaders were
to be the only photographs hung at public assemblies or gatherings. These
photographs were to be hung in the following order of priority:
a. MAO Tse-tung
b. LIU Shao -ch' i
c. CHOU En-tai
d. CHU Te
e. CH'EN Yun
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