In addition to its criticism of Ye Wenfu, Talk About Problems on the Ideological Front also criticized a literary alliance preparatory group convener in Wulumuqi, Xinjiang Province. Deng Xiaoping said the following:
There was also the convener of the literary alliance preparatory group in Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, who aired his views freely a few days ago; much of what he said went much farther than some anti-socialist statements made in 1957. Quite a few incidents of this kind have taken place. (Deng’s Selected Works, page 45)....
Deng Xiaoping acknowledged that he felt very alarmed at reading information about Ye Wenfu's speech and about the literary alliance convener in Wulumuqi. Opposition to bourgeois liberalization was thus launched under these circumstances.
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