Rally in support of Mao’s successor

Title

Rally in support of Mao’s successor

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1976

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Duration

00:03:31

Description

Peter Griffiths(?) of Reuters from Peking on the rally in support of Mao Tse-Tung’s successor as leader, Hua Kuo-Feng, being the culmination of three days of official celebration following the squashing of the coup by the so-called Gang of Four including Mao’s widow and what speakers said. Inclusion of an actuality report of the rally by the correspondent David Rogers.

Contributors

David Rogers; Peter Griffiths(?)

Keywords

Politics; Political demonstrations; China; Political leadership; Peking; Mao Tse Tung; Communist parties; Hua Kuo-Feng

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