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
Hoxha’s heir; later President
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
wife of Party chief Enver Hoxha
Minister of Culture; editor, Party daily
Pllumi, Zef
Catholic priest imprisoned 22 years over China issue
Shehu, Bashkim
son of Premier Mehmet Shehu
Vice-Chairman, Planning Commission; chief trade negotiator with China
AUSTRALIA
Aarons, Eric
(T)
head of Australian Communist Party study group, in China early 1950s
ambassador to China
BELGIUM
Maoist leader, 1960s
Pairoux, Serge
Maoist activist
Prime Minister
BRAZIL
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
Prime Minister (and Mrs.)
EGYPT
Farid, Col. Abdul Magid
Secretary-General of the presidency under Nasser; later adviser to the Algerian presidency
senior adviser and confidant to
Nasser; Minister of Foreign Affairs; editor,
FRANCE
journalist; in China, 1964
