Zhao Ziyang
In the mid-1980s, Lin Liheng wrote a letter of appeal to Zhao Ziyang, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing. With the help of Lin Biao's old subordinate, Tao Zhu's wife, Zeng Zhi, then deputy head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee, her letter of appeal was submitted. Soon, Zhao Ziyang gave orders which allowed her to be rehabilitated. As a result, Lin Liheng was allowed to return to Beijing.