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Mao Dead at 82 in China Chaos After Leader’s Death
China's Mao Zedong dies at age 82 triggering a power scramble. Potential successors include Hua Kuo-feng, Chiang Ching, Chang Chun-chiao, Wang Hung wen, Yao Wen yuan, Yeh Chien-ying, and Chen Hsi lien. Central Committee to elect new chairman. World condolences pour in.
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Chou
Chu Teh
Red Army
Mao
Hua Kuo-feng
Chiang Ching
Chang Chun-chiao
Wang Hungwen
Yao Wenyuan
Yeh
Chien-ying
Chen Hsilien
Peking
Liberation Army
Wang
Pravda
Hsinhua
Tien An Men
Gate of Heavenly Peace
Tien An Men Square
China
Shaoshan
Hunan Province
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Communist Party
Yenan
Shensi Province
Chiang Kaishek
United States
George C. Marshall
People’s Republic
Forbidden City
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Gerald Foch
Communist Party Congress