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Title: Zhao Zhenbei 趙真北 papers
Date (inclusive): 1951-1986
Collection Number: 2022C37
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Chinese and Mongolian
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.40 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Zhao Zhenbei 趙真北 papers (1951-1986) document the activities of government official Zhao Zhenbei in his native Inner Mongolia
during the Cultural Revolution. It includes materials relating to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
and its activities in Inner Mongolia, such as party directives, correspondence, educational materials, newspapers and journals,
as well as publications by organizations such as the Hong Wei Bing 红卫兵 Red Guards.
Creator:
Zhao, Zhenbei, 1926-2010
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 6 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Zhao Zhenbei 趙真北 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Zhao Zhenbei 趙真北 (1926-2010) was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. He joined the Eighth Route Army in 1945 and began to work
at the People's Government of the Tumed Left Banner. Between 1949 and 1966, Zhao held multiple party and government positions
in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Zhao survived the political purge in Inner Mongolia that occurred as the Cultural
Revolution intensified. In 1975, he was able to return to serve in the government. Zhao was elected a member of the Inner
Mongolia Political Consultative Conference in 1988. He died in Hohhot in 2010.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection documents the Chinese Cultural Revolution as it was carried out in one of the China Central Party (CCP)'s most
strategic and critical frontier regions, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and demonstrates how the Cultural Revolution evolved
into a purge of ethnic minority groups with focus on Mongolians. It contains CCP directives and instructions in Inner Mongolia
during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Zhao's self-testimonies and reflections, Chairman Mao Zedong's instructions and speeches
about China's minority group and nationality policies, CCP archives related to Inner Mongolia, correspondence between Zhao
and other party high officials in Inner Mongolia, and source materials related to CCP party power struggles during the Cultural
Revolution. It also includes educational materials published by various government agencies, newspaper, journals published
by different state-owned news agencies, as well as flyers, pamphlets, and bulletins published by various organizations such
as the Hong Wei Bing 红卫兵 Red Guards.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political purges
China
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Inner Mongolia (China)
Zhongguo gong chan dang. Zhong yang wei yuan hui
Hong wei bing
China. Lu jun. Lu jun, di 8