UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No C05342508 Date 05 13 2013 n LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 HONG 08061 271025Z ACTION INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 DODE-DO PM-05 INR-10 L-03 NSAE-OO NSC-05 PA-01 SP-02 ss-15 880 01 073 036975 2710282 I17 270925Z MAY 80 FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9478 INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI AMEMBASSY TOKYO AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU AMCONSUL SHANGHAI CINCPAC LIMITED OFFICIAL USE HONG KONG 8061 ED 12065 TAGS PINT CH SUBJECT TIBET PARTY CHIEF REPLACED 1 SUMMARY PARTY CHIEF REN RONG HAS BEEN REPLACED APPARENTLY AS A RESULT OF FAILED ECONOMIC AND MINORITIES POLICIES A BROADCAST REPORTING THE ARRIVAL IN LHASA OF A CENTRAL WORK GROUP UNDER PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY HU YAOBANG IDENTIFIED YIN FATANG A VETERAN PLA OFFICER WITH PRE- CULTURAL REVOLUTION EXPERIENCE IN TIBET AS ACTING FIRST SECRETARY REN RONG ALSO A MILITARY MAN AND PARTY FIRST SECRETARY SINCE 1971 WAS PRESENT AND IDENTIFIED SIMPLY AS COMRADE THE PRESENCE OF A HIGH-POWERED GROUP FROM BEIJING SUGGESTS THAT THE PROBLEMS IN TIBET ARE SERIOUS END SUMMARY USE AUTHORITY Charles Lahiguera Senior Reviewed LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 HONG 08061 271025Z 2 A MAY 23 RADIO BROADCAST FROM LHASA HAS IDENTIFIED YIN FATANG A VETERAN PLA POLITICAL OFFICER WITH REVOLUTION EXPERIENCE IN TIBET AS ACTING FIRST SECRETARY AND FIRST POLITICAL COMMISSAR YIN REPLACED REN RONG ALSO A MILITARY MAN WHO HAD BEEN FIRST SECRETARY SINCE 1971 BOTH REN AND YIN WERE ACTIVE IN TIBET PRIOR TO THE CR REN AS FIRST POLITICAL COMMISSAR AND YIN AS DIRECTOR OF THE TIBET MILITARY POLITICAL DEPARTMENT HOWEVER REN WEATHERED RED GUADD CRITICISM AND SURVIVED THE CR WHILE YIN WAS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 005342508 Date 05 13 2013 PURGED IN 1968 YIN DID NOT SURGACE AGAIN UNTIL 1973 WHEN HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS DIRECTOR OF THE FUZHOU MR POLITICAL DEPARTMENT IN 1975 YIN MOVED TO A SIMILAR POSITION IN JINAN MR AND LATER BECAME DEPUTY POLITICAL COMMISSAR OF JINAN MR 3 THE MAY 23 BROADCAST REPORTED THE ARRIVAL IN LHASA OF A CENTRAL WORK GROUP HEADED BY PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY HU YAOBANG AND INCLUDING WAN LI THE PRESENCE OF THIS GROUP INDICATES THAT PROBLEMS WERE VIEWED SERIOUSLY IN BEIJING THE BROADCAST MENTIONS THAT REN RONG MET THE CENTRAL WORK GROUP AT THE AIRPORT THIS IS THE SECOND INSTANCE OF THE INTERFERENCE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS THE SECRETARIAT IN LATE APRIL OR EARLY MAY ISSUED A DIRECTIVE TO THEBEIJING MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE CAPITAL 4 A MAY 26 CHINA NEWS SERVICE CARRIED MAY 27 IN THE PRC-CONTROLLED HONG KONG DAGONGBAO STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PARTY CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EIGHT-POINT POLICY DIRECTIVE FOR TIBET THE ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS AS LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 03 HONG 08061 2710252 1 ALL DECISIONS AND MEASURES ADOPTED IN TIBET MUST BE APPROVED AND SUPPORTED BY TIBETAN CADRES AND IF NOT ACCEPTABLE THESE MEASURES MUST BE REVISED OR 2 CADRES MUST NOT BLINDLY AND RIGIDLY APPLY THE HAN CHINESE EXPERIENCE TO 3 THE PARTY COMMITTED OF TIBET MUST REEXAMINE ECONOMIC PLANNING FOR THE WHOLE REGION IT IS NECESSARY TO REFECT LEFTIST POLICIES TOWARD AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRIVATE PLOTS PRIVATE ANIMALS PRIVATE MOUNTAINS ZE LIU SHAN AND FAMILY SIDELINE OCCUPATIONS 5 THE CONTENT OF THE EIGHT-POINT DIRECTIVE SUGGESTS THAT HAN CHAUVINISM HAS BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN TIBET THAT THE HAN CADRES HAVE BEEN INSENSITIVE TO THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF THE TIBETANS AND THAT THESE HAS BEEN A LARGER MEASURE OF BUREAUCRATIC INFLEXIBILITY AND DOGMATISM THAN IS NORMAL IN CHINA THE FACT THAT A TIBETAN CADRE TIEN BAO WHO SERVES AS RANKING SECRETARY AND GOVERNOR WAS PASSED OVER FOR THE APPOINTMENT AS PARTY FIRST SECRETARY COULD BE A REFLECTION ON HIM PERSONALLY BUT MORE LIKELY SIGNIFIES DETERMINATION TO KEEP REAL POWER IN HAN HANDS 6 THIS REPORT COORDINATED WITH HKDLO BELLOCCHI UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 0053-42508 Date 05 13 2013 UNCLASSIFIED U S Departmento tate ase I Doc A I Iatezl I LIMITED OFFICIAL USE UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No Doc No 305342508 Date 05 13 2013 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu