 In 1926 he was named chief accountant for state receipts and expenditures and called for a tax hike on foreigners (i.e.Chinese merchants) to reduce their control of the economy.In 1928, the Seventh Party Congress ushered in the “Leftist Period.” Sambuu supported and played an active role in implementing Soviet backed leftist policies of more rapid collectivization, land expropriation, and persecution of the Buddhist Church.