37. Orders were apparently issued about this time
 aimed at curbing military participation in Cultural
 Revolution agitation. Authoritative posters seen on
 8 February reported a directive by Lin Piao that soldiers
 who had been engaged in "exchanging revolutionary
 experiences" were all to return to their posts by 20
 February. Lin declared that all "liaison offices" coordinating
 local revolutionary rebel activity would
 soon be abolished.
 These
 orders were endorsed by Nieh Jung-chen, Yeh Chien-ying,
 and Hsiao Hua--all senior military men who had come
 under sporadic poster at attacks in previous weeks.
 38.
 39. A wall newspaper seen in Peking on 14 February
 described efforts to restore order in Inner
 Mongolia. The Military Affairs Committee and the State
 Council reportedly issued a joint directive on 6 February
 ordering party, arm, and "rebel" units in the
 region to stop fighting. The poster stated that a
 plane had been dispatched to the capital city of
 Inner Mongolia to bring representatives of the three
 groups to Peking to settle the conflict.
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