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rif. 37041401 — Beijing ca. 1966-1967. Dongfang East Wind. An original group of 4 black & white photographs10 x 7.5 cm. very good examples clean no fading each with publisher's caption. AN OBSCURE RARE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXAMPLES . . . FOUR ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF MAO & LIN BIAO . . LIN Biao 1907-1971:as a Marshal of the People's Republic He was pivotal in the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War especially in Northeast China. Lin was the general who commanded the decisive Liaoshen and Pingjin Campaigns in which he co-led the Manchurian Field Army to victory and led the People's Liberation Army into Beijing. . LIN became instrumental in creating the foundations for Mao Zedong's cult of personality in the early 1960s and was rewarded for his service in the Cultural Revolution by being named Mao's designated successor as the sole Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1966 until his death. . LIN was an early supporter of the Cultural Revolution and played a major role in the acceptance & encouragement of the Hong Wei Bing Chinese Red Guards. . LIN was revered and respected by the Red Guards who carried his photo and his writings on marches through the cities in protest. . Color scans are posted to our website. . REFERENCE: Per below link photo of Mao & Lin Biao is the exact same one found on Google search. google.com/searchq=photooflinbiao&rlz=1C1AOH . en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Red_Guards_China en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Mao_Zedong Schoenhals Michael. ed. CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION 1966-1969: Not a Dinner Party. See this text p.365 et al. for a more precise discussion of the mass murder of "Red Guards" in Guangxi province. LIN BIAO: en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Lin_Biao . . unknown