Farewell to a Leader: My Eyewitness Account of a State Funeral

Author: Fu Xuezheng
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This is a historical record of the funeral arrangements for the leaders of the Party and the nation and the marshals of our army. Some little-known information in it is moving and extremely valuable; it is a collection of images of the past, created with simple emotions and bitter tears; it is a touching work that carries many little-known yet moving and tear-jerking stories. Comrade Fu Xuezheng, the author, is a retired cadre from the General Office of the Central Military Commission. He participated in the Party's confidential work from a young age. In 1954, he was transferred to the General Office of the Central Military Commission and served successively as secretary, deputy director of the Secretariat Department, director of the Secretariat Department, deputy director, and director of the General Office. Before his retirement, he was the commander of the No. 1 Engineering Command of the Central Military Commission. During his more than 30 years of secretarial work, he participated in and witnessed many significant historical events of the Party and the army. In this process, arranging funerals for leaders became a highly specialized task for him.