ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the factional politics of the years 1972–1973. Beginning in 1973 the pre-Cultural Revolution mass organizations, the Women’s Federation, trade union councils and the Communist Youth League (CYL) convened provincial congresses. Policy initiatives from Beijing assisted Tan and Tie in their mission of restoring social order and normalizing party life. Before the convention of the 10th National Congress, provincial party committees were instructed to reconstitute pre-Cultural Revolution mass organizations which had become defunct in 1967. Reports from Zhejiang about the mass organization congresses and other articles published prior to the 10th Congress devoted considerable space to defending the achievements of the Cultural Revolution. The CYL congresses of Hangzhou and Zhejiang convened in April and May 1973. They also became battlegrounds for contention between Red Guard leaders of the former United Headquarters and Red Storm mass organizations.
