1st Edition

Writings: v. 1: 1949-55

By Zedong Mao, M.Y.M. Kau, Laifong Leung Copyright 1987

    This critical, multi-volume edition of Mao's writings is an indispensable guide to post-1949 Chinese politics and an invaluable research tool for anyone seeking to understand Communist rule in China

    Acknowledgments xxi
    Introduction xxv
    Introduction to Volume I xxxiii
    Editorial Conventions and Devices: A Note to the Reader xxxvii
    Opening Speech at the First Plenary Session of the CPPCC
    (September 21 , 1949) 3
    Speech at Banquet Celebrating Insurrection of KMT Troops
    (September 23, 1949) 7
    Telegram to Xinjiang Political and Military Authorities (September 28, 1949) 8
    Draft for Inscription on Monument to People's Heroes (September 30, 1949) 9
    Proclamation of the Central People's Government of the PRC (October 1, 1949) 10
    Telegram to the Communist Party of the United States (October 6, 1949) 12
    Letter to Wang Shoudao (October 9, 1949) 13
    Letter to Yang Kaizhi (October 9, 1949) 14
    Telegram to the French Transportation Labor Union (October 9, 1949) 15
    Telegram to General Zhao Xiguang (October 10, 1949) 15
    Telegram to Insurrectionists on the "Changzhi" (October 10, 1949) 16
    Telegram to Five-man Independent Group of the British Labor Party in the
    House of Commons (October 12, 1949) 16
    Telegram to the United States' Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy
    (October 12, 1949) 17
    Letter to Feng Youlan (October 13, 1949) 17
    Letter to Zhou Shizhao (October 15, 1949) 18
    Reply to Ambassador of the Soviet Union (October 16, 1949) 20
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 16, 1949) 21
    Reply to the Hui People of Xinjiang (October 21, 1949) 22
    Reply to the Provisional People's Government of Xinjiang (October 21, 1949) 22
    Reply to the Xinjiang League for the Defense of Peace and Democracy and to
    People of the Tacheng-Ili-Ashan Regions (October 21, 1949) 23
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    Preface to The Victory of New Democracy in China (October 24, 1949) 23
    Telegram to the Insurrectionists on the "Hailiao" (October 24, 1949) 24
    Inscription for the Inaugural Issue of Renmin wenxue (People's Literature)
    (October 25, 1949) 25
    Telegram to Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions
    (October 26, 1949) 26
    Telegram to the Comrades of Yanan and Compatriots of the Shaanxi-GansuNingxia Border Region (October 26, 1949) 26
    Telegram to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Algeria
    (October 26, 1949) 27
    Telegram to the Provisional Government of Greece (October 26, 1949) 28
    Telegram to the Albanian Council of Ministers (October 26, 1949) 28
    Letter to Bo Yibo (October 29, 1949) 29
    Telegram to the Republic of Czechoslovakia (October 29, 1949) 30
    Telegram to the USSR (November 5, 1949) 31
    Telegram to the Work Committee of the Communist Party of Thailand
    (November 12, 1949) 31
    Telegram to Managers and Staff of 1\vo Aviation Corporations
    (November 12, 1949) 32
    Letter to Peng Dehuai and the Northwest Bureau (November 14, 1949) 33
    Inscription on Public Morals (November 15, 1949 R) 35
    Letter to Mao Xusheng (November 15, 1949) 35
    Letter to Li Jiehou of Shaoshan, Hunan (November 17, 1949) 36
    Telegram to the Former KMT Government Resources Committee
    (November 19, 1949) 37
    Telegram to the Communist Party of India (November 19, 1949) 37
    Telegram to the Socialist Republican Party of India (November 19, 1949) 38
    Telegram to the Central Committee of the Iranian Workers' Party
    (November 19, 1949) 39
    Inscription for the Third Anniversary of Nanqiao ribao (November 20, 1949) 39
    Telegram of Condolence on the Death of Xinjiang Delegates to the CPPCC
    (November 22, 1949) 40
    Telegram to Panchen Gnoertehni (November 23, 1949) 41
    Telegram to the Banka Federation of Labor Unions of Indonesia
    (November 24, 1949) 41
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (November 25, 1949) 42
    Letter to Xu Beihong (November 29, 1949) 42
    Telegram to the Britain-China Conference in London (November 30, 1949) 43
    Letter to the People of Lushun-Dalian (December 1, 1949) 44
    Letter to Liu Yazi (December 2, 1949) 44
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    Directive Issued at the Fourth Meeting of the CPGC (excerpts)
    (December 2, 1949) 46
    Instruction on the Army's Participation in Production and Construction Work
    in 1950 (December 5, 1949) 4 7
    Speech on Arrival at Moscow Train Station (December 16, 1949) 51
    Telegram to Stalin (December 19, 1949) 52
    Address at Birthday Celebration Meeting Held for Stalin (December 21, 1949) 52
    Comment on Democratic Personages (Winter 1949) 53
    Conversation with a Painter from the Soviet Union [Excerpts] (1949) 54
    Inscription for First Issue of Renmin haijun (January 1, 1950) 57
    Interview Given to TASS Correspondent in Moscow (January 2, 1950) 57
    Inscription for Lenin's Mausoleum (January 11, 1950) 59
    Telegram to Bulgaria on the Death of Vasil Kolarov (January 24, 1950) 59
    Telegram to President Prasad of the Republic of India (January 28, 1950) 60
    Speech on Departure from Moscow (February 17, 1950) 60
    Telegram to President of the Viet Nam-China Friendship Association
    (February 21, 1950) 62
    Telegram to the USSR (February 23, 1950) 62
    Telegram to Stalin upon Leaving the USSR (February 26, 1950) 63
    Conversations During Inspection of Heilongjiang Province [Excerpts]
    (February 27, 1950) 64
    Inscriptions Written in Harbin (February 27, 1950) 65
    Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Romania (March 10, 1950) 66
    Soliciting Suggestions on the Question of Strategy for Dealing with
    Rich Peasants (March 12, 1950) 67
    Letter to Long Bojian (March 14, 1950) 70
    Letter to Liu Kuiyi (March 14, 1950) 71
    Telegram to the Communist Party of France (March 31, 1950) 72
    Directive on the Film Qing gong mishi (March 1950) 72
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Hungary (April 1, 1950) 73
    Speech at the Sixth Session of the CPGC (April 11, 1950) 74
    Letter to Yang Kaizhi and Li Congde (April 13, 1950) 74
    Comment on Chen Yun's Report (April 14, 1950) 75
    Letter to Mao Shenpin (April 18, 1950) 76
    Letter to Li Shuyi (April 18, 1950) 77
    Letter to Xiang Mingqing (April 19, 1950) 78
    Telegram toW. H. Andrews (April 20, 1950) 79
    Telegram to Maurice Thorez (April 28, 1950) 79
    Inscription Concerning the People's Education (May 1 , 1950) 80
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    Telegram to the Republic of Czechoslovakia (May 3, 1950) 80
    Inscription Commemorating the May Fourth Movement (May 4, 1950 R) 81
    Letter to Wen Jianquan (May 7, 1950) 81
    Letter to Zhang Ding (May 7, 1950) 82
    Letter to Zhao Puzhu (May 7, 1950) 83
    Letter to Mao Yimin (May 8, 1950) 84
    Letter to Wen Nansong (May 12, 1950) 85
    Letter to Ye Jiannong (May 12, 1950) 86
    Letter to Zhou Wennan (May 12, 1950) 87
    Telegram to Ho Chi Minh (May 12, 1950) 88
    Letter to Mao Yuju (May 15, 1950) 89
    Letter to Zou Puxun (May 15, 1950) 90
    Letter to Zhou Rong (May 16, 1950) 90
    Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of India (May 20, 1950) 91
    Letter to Li Jinxi (May 22, 1950) 92
    Telegram of Condolence to Yan Huiqing's Family (May 26, 1950) 93
    Letter to Liu Yanan (May 27, 1950) 94
    Letter to Liu Shaoqi (June 4, 1950) 95
    Struggle for a Fundamental Thrn for the Better in the Financial and
    Economic Situation in the Country (June 6, 1950) 97
    Don't Attack on All Fronts (June 6, 1950) 103
    Letter to Chen Mingshu (June 12, 1950) 106
    Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Poland (June 12, 1950) 107
    Reply to Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden (June 12, 1950) 108
    Opening Speech at the Second Meeting of the National Committee of
    the CPPCC (June 14, 1950) 109
    Letter to Ma Xulun (June 19, 1950) 110
    Closing Speech at the Second Session of the National Committee of the CPPCC
    (June 23, 1950) 111
    Reply to Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark (June 24, 1950) 116
    Reply to Head of Diplomatic Mission of the German Democratic Republic
    (June 24, 1950) 117
    Speech at Eighth Session of the CPGC (June 28, 1950) 118
    Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Mongolia (July 3, 1950) 119
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Mongolia (July 7, 1950) 120
    Telegram to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (July 18, 1950) 120
    Letter to Wu Qirui (July 19, 1950) 121
    Telegram to the Republic of Poland (July 21, 1950) 123
    Contents ix
    Telegram to the Transvaal Indian Congress (July 26, 1950) 123
    Reply to Ambassador of the Union of Burma (August 7, 1950) 124
    Letter to Su Yu (August 8, 1950) 125
    Telegram to the People's Government of Qinghai on the Death of
    Vice-chairman Ma Po (August 11, 1950) 125
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 14, 1950) 126
    Telegram to the Republic of Indonesia (August 16, 1950) 126
    Letter to Xu Haidong (August 20, 1950) 127
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Romania (August 21, 1950) 128
    Speech at Banquet Commemorating the Liberation of Romania (Excerpt)
    (August 23, 1950) 128
    Letter to Xu Beihong (August 26, 1950) 129
    Letter to Chen Jisheng (August 29, 1950) 129
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (August 29, 1950) 130
    Inscription for the First National Conference on Health Care (August 1950) 131
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 6, 1950) 131
    Letter to Chen Yu (September 11, 1950) 132
    Telegram to the South African Indian Congress (September 13, 1950) 132
    Letter to Zhang Wei (September 19, 1950) 133
    Telegram to the Communist Party of Great Britain (September 24, 1950) 134
    Inscription for the National Conference of Representatives of Combat Heroes
    (September 25, 1950) 135
    Address at the Opening Session of the National Congress of Combat Heroes and
    the National Congress of Worker-Peasant-Soldier Model Laborers
    (September 25, 1950) 135
    Comments on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (September 27, 1950) 136
    Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 30, 1950) 137
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 4, 1950) 138
    Inscription on the Unity of the Chinese and Soviet Peoples (October 5, 1950) 138
    Inscription for Display of the PLA (October 8, 1950 R) 139
    Orders for the Chinese People's Volunteers (Excerpts) (October 8, 1950) 139
    Letter to Wang Shoudao (October 11, 1950) 141
    Telegram to the Republic of Czechoslovakia (October 26, 1950) 142
    Telegram to Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden on the Death of King Gustaf V
    (October 31, 1950) 142
    In Response to Liu Yazi: A Poem (October 1950) 143
    Telegram to the USSR (November 5, 1950) 144
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    Telegram to Harry Pollitt (November 20, 1950) 144
    Letter to Hu Qiaomu (November 22, 1950) 145
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Albania (November 26, 1950) 147
    Comment on Hearing of Mao Anying's Death (November 1950) 147
    Letter to Huang Niantian (December 2, 1950) 148
    Telegram to Participants of Demonstration in Tianjin (December 2, 1950) 149
    Inscription for the Air Force (December 15, 1950 R) 150
    Letter to Chen Shutong (December 18, 1950) 151
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (December 19, 1950) 152
    Telegram to the Communist Party of France (December 23, 1950) 152
    Inscription for the First Normal School of Hunan (December 29, 1950) 154
    Letter to Zhou Shizhao (December 29, 1950) 154
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Romania (December 29, 1950) 155
    Comment on "A Summary of the Relationship between the Various
    Departments of the Military and the Soviet Advisors" (January 1, 1951) 157
    Telegram to the Union of Burma (January 2, 1951) 158
    Telegram to Wilhelm Pieck (January 2, 1951) 158
    Letter to Rao Shushi and Chen Pixian (January 10, 1951) 159
    Letter to Xu Beihong (January 14, 1951) 160
    Letter to Li Sian (January 14, 1951) 161
    Letter to Ma Xulun (January 15, 1951) 161
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (January 17, 1951) 162
    Directive to the Chinese People's Volunteers (January 19, 1951) 163
    Letter to Zhang Lan (January 22, 1951) 164
    Telegram to the Communist Party of Italy (January 22, 1951) 165
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (January 24, 1951) 165
    Telegram to the Republic of India (January 24, 1951) 166
    Toast at a Reception Given by Ambassador of India (January 26, 1951) 166
    Telegram to the USSR (February 12, 1951) 167
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (February 17, 1951) 168
    Main Points of Resolution at a Political Bureau Meeting (February 18, 1951) 169
    Telegram to the USSR (February 21, 1951) 174
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (February 28, 1951) 175
    Inscription for Woman's Day (March 8, 1951) 175
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (March 9, 1951) 176
    Contents xi
    Letter to Rao Shushi and Others (March 18, 1951) 176
    Comments on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (March 24, 1951) 178
    Letter to Li Da (March 27, 1951) 179
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (March 30, 1951) 180
    Comments on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (March 30, 1951) 181
    Letter to Peng Yousheng (March 31, 1951) 181
    Directive on the Problem of Cultivating Cadres (March 1951) 182
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (April 2, 1951) 183
    Letter to Li Weihan (April 9, 1951) 184
    Letter to Situ Meitang (April 27, 1951) 185
    Letter to Chen Wenxin (April 29, 1951) 187
    Letter to Zhang Zhizhong (May 5, 1951) 187
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (May 8, 1951) 188
    Directive on the Huai River (May 9, 1951) 191
    Resolutions of the Third National Conference on Public Security
    (May 15, 1951) 191
    Comment on the "Report of the Secretary's Office on the Handling of Letters
    from the Masses" (May 16, 1951) 195
    Attention Must Be Paid to the Discussions of the Film The Life of KU Xun
    (May 20, 1951) 196
    Speech on the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet
    (May 24, 1951) 201
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (June 15, 1951) 202
    Letter to Li Zhuchen (June 23, 1951) 203
    Inscription on the Unity of Nationalities (June 29, 1951 R) 204
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (July 15, 1951) 204
    Letter to Zhang Yuanji (July 30, 1951) 205
    Inscription for the People of the Old Revolutionary Bases (August 5, 1951 R) 206
    Telegram to the Dominion of Pakistan (August 14, 1951) 207
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 14, 1951) 207
    Telegram to the Republic of Indonesia (August 14, 1951) 208
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (September 1, 1951) 208
    Telegram to the USSR (September 2, 1951) 209
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 7, 1951) 210
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (September 10, 1951) 210
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    Letter to Party Committee of Shijingshan Iron and Steel Works
    (September 12, 1951) 211
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (September 18, 1951) 211
    Letter to Deng Zihui (September 25, 1951) 212
    Reply to Ambassador of the Union of Burma (September 27, 1951) 213
    Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries
    (October 1, 1951) 214
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 6, 1951) 214
    Letter to Chen Shutong (October 14, 1951) 215
    Telegram to the USSR (October 15, 1951) 216
    Opening Speech of the Third Meeting of the First National Committee of
    the CPPCC (October 23, 1951) 216
    Telegram to the Dalai Lama (October 26, 1951) 221
    Inscription for the Cultural Work Team of the Special District Party
    Committee of Chu xian (October 1951 R) 222
    Closing Speech of the Third Meeting of the First National Committee of
    the CPPCC (November 1, 1951) 222
    Telegram to the USSR (November 5, 1951) 223
    Telegram to Gheorghiu-Dej (November 7, 1951) 224
    Reply to Ambassador of Pakistan (November 12, 1951) 224
    Letter to Zheng Zhenduo (December 3, 1951) 225
    Letter to Dong Biwu (December 4, 1951) 226
    Letter to Mao Zelian and Mao Yuanti (December 11, 1951) 227
    Telegram to the Northwest Nationalities' People's Representatives' Conference
    for Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding Korea (December 12, 1951) 228
    Telegram to Panchen Gnoertehni (December 13, 1951) 229
    Letter to Liu Shaoqi (December 15, 1951) 230
    Take Mutual Aid and Cooperativization of Agriculture as a Major Task
    (December 15, 1951) 232
    Letter to Chen Yuying (December 23, 1951) 233
    Telegram to William Gallacher (December 24, 1951) 233
    Conversation with Zhou Shizhao (December 1951) 234
    Comment Written on a Letter from Students of Chinese
    People's University (1951) 234
    Directive on Language Reform (1951) 235
    On the "Three-Anti's" and "Five-Anti's" Struggles
    (November 1951-March 1952) 235
    New Year's Day Message (January 1, 1952) 243
    Telegram to the Union of Burma (January 2, 1952) 244
    Telegram to the Republic of India (January 24, 1952) 245
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    Telegram to the People's Republic of Mongolia (January 27, 1952) 245
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (February 4, 1952) 246
    Telegram to the USSR (February 11, 1952) 24 7
    Imperialism's Plan for Aggression Is Bound to Be Smashed (February 14, 1952) 248
    Telegram to the USSR (February 21, 1952) 248
    Decree to a Division of the Xinjiang Construction Battalion (February 1952) 249
    Telegram to Matyas Rilkosi (March 7, 1952) 249
    Letter to Cheng Qian (March 11, 1952) 250
    Instruction to Huang Yanpei (March 15, 1952) 251
    Reply to Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
    (March 18, 1952) 252
    Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Czechoslovakia (March 18, 1952) 253
    Conversation with Zhai Zuojun [Excerpt] (Spring 1952) 254
    Directive of the CPC Central Committee on Work in Tibet (April 6, 1952) 254
    Telegram to Sa Zhenbing's Family (April 12, 1952) 259
    Telegram to Boleslaw Bierut (April 16, 1952) 259
    Telegram to Rajendra Prasad (May 11, 1952) 260
    Letter to Tan Kah-Kee (May 16, 1952) 261
    Inscription for Workers on Jing River Flood Control Project (May 19, 1952) 262
    Telegram to the Dalai Lama and Panchen Gnoertehni (May 23, 1952) 262
    Letter to Ye Gongzuo (May 25, 1952) 263
    The Contradiction Between the Working Class and the Bourgeoisie Is the
    Principal Contradiction in the Country (June 6, 1952) 265
    Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Poland (June 9, 1952) 265
    Reply to Minister of the Republic of Finland (June 9, 1952) 266
    Inscription on Physical Culture and Sports (June 10, 1952) 267
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (June 10, 1952) 268
    Letter to Zhou Enlai (June 14, 1952) 269
    Inscription on Inauguration of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway
    (July 1, 1952 R) 270
    Letter to Zhang Youcheng (July 7, 1952) 270
    Telegram to the German Socialist Unity Party (July 8, 1952) 271
    Address to the First Graduating Class of the Military Academy (July 10, 1952) 272
    Inscription on the Monument to the People's Heroes (August 3, 1952 R) 274
    Unite and Clearly Draw the Line Between the Enemy and Ourselves
    (August 4, 1952) 274
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 13, 1952) 279
    Letter to Chen Yi (August 15, 1952) 280
    Letter to Li Shuqing (August 23, 1952) 280
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    Letter to Uighur Peasants of Xinjiang (August 30, 1952) 281
    Telegram to the USSR (September 2, 1952) 282
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (September 5, 1952) 283
    Letter to Comrade Li Da (September 17, 1952) 285
    Inscription on the Arts (September 26, 1952) 286
    Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of India (September 26, 1952) 287
    Inscription for Inauguration of the Tianshui-Lanzhou Railway
    (September 28, 1952) 287
    Toast on Third Anniversary of Founding of the PRC (September 30, 1952) 288
    Letter to Mao Yuju (October 2, 1952) 289
    Telegram to the Peace Conference of the Asian and Pacific Region
    (October 2, 1952) 290
    Letter to Qi Baishi (October 5, 1952) 290
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 5, 1952) 291
    Talk with Tibetan Delegates (Excerpts) (October 8, 1952) 292
    Letter to Song Qingling (October 10, 1952) 294
    Letter to Tan Zhenlin (October 15, 1952) 295
    Letter to Li Shuqing (October 16, 1952) 296
    Letter to Luo Yuankun (October 22, 1952) 297
    Congratulations on the Victory of the Chinese People's Volunteers
    (October 24, 1952) 298
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (October 28, 1952) 299
    Conversation During an Inspection Tour of the Flood Prevention Works on the
    Yellow River [Excerpts] (October 29-31, 1952) 300
    Telegram to the USSR (November 3, 1952) 302
    Inscription on Inauguration of the Kangding-Changdu Section of the
    Xikang-Tibet Highway (November 19, 1952) 303
    Reply to Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden (December 3, 1952) 304
    Inscription Concerning Public Health Work (December 8, 1952) 304
    Letter to the Anshan Iron and Steel Works (December 14, 1952) 305
    Reply to Ambassador of the Soviet Union (December 15, 1952) 306
    Letter to Yi Nanping (December 21, 1952) 307
    Reply to the Ambassador of the People's Republic of Romania
    (December 29, 1952) 308
    Telegram to the USSR on the Transfer of the Chinese Changchun Railway
    (December 31, 1952) 309
    Instruction on the Arts (De<;ember 1952) 310
    Directive on Education (1952) 310
    Comment on a Report of the National Labor Insurance Conference (1952) 310
    Telegram to the Union of Burma (January 2, 1953) 313
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    Intra-Party Directive on Rectification (January 5, 1953) 313
    Speech to the Central People's Government Council (January 13, 1953) 316
    Closing Speech at the Fourth Session of the First National Committee of
    the CPPCC (Excerpts) (February 7, 1953) 317
    Telegram to the USSR (February 10, 1953) 319
    Instructions on the Daye Steel Plant (February 19, 1953) 320
    Conversations with Naval Personnel on the Yangtze River [Excerpts]
    (February 19-24, 1953) 320
    Inscription Written for the Navy (February 21, 1953) 324
    Telegram to the USSR (February 21, 1953) 325
    Inscription Awarded to Soviet Troops in Lushun (February 22, 1953) 325
    Telegram to Inquire after Stalin's Illness (March 4, 1953) 326
    Telegram to the USSR on Stalin's Death (March 6, 1953) 326
    Central People's Government's Decree on Stalin's Death (March 6, 1953) 328
    Letter to Huang Yanpei and Chen Shutong (March 8, 1953) 328
    The Greatest Friendship (March 9, 1953) 329
    Telegram to Czechoslovakia on Gottwald's Death (March 15, 1953) 332
    Criticize Han Chauvinism (March 16, 1953) 333
    Resolve the Problem of the "Five Excesses" (March 19, 1953) 335
    Telegram to Palmiro Togliatti (March 25, 1953) 338
    Instruction on Leadership Work of Health Departments of Military
    Commissions (April 3, 1953) 339
    Reply to Ambassador of the Soviet Union (April 3, 1953) 340
    Letter to Li Zhuchen (April 21, 1953) 341
    Letter to Li Zhuchen (April 26, 1953) 342
    Letter to Huang Yanpei and Chen Shutong (May 15, 1953) 342
    Instructions on Education (May 17, 1953) 343
    Criticism of Documents Issued in the Name of the Center by Liu Shaoqi and
    Yang Shangkun (May 19, 1953) 344
    Letter to Wang Jiaxiang (May 27, 1953) 346
    Criticize the Right-Deviationist Viewpoints That Depart from the General Line
    (June 15, 1953) 347
    Speech on the Youth League (June 30, 1953) 351
    Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Mongolia (July 2, 1953) 358
    Letter toFu Dingyi (July 7, 1953) 359
    On State Capitalism (July 9, 1953) 360
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (July 30, 1953) 362
    Telegram to the USSR (July 31, 1953) 362
    Oppose the Bourgeois Ideology in the Party (August 12, 1953) 363
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    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 12, 1953) 375
    Letter to Ye Gongzuo (August 16, 1953) 376
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Albania (August 20, 1953) 376
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 25, 1953) 377
    Address at the Establishment of the Institute of Military Engineering and
    the Inauguration of Its First Term (August 26, 1953) 378
    Letter to Li Shuqing (August 27, 1953) 379
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (August 30, 1953) 380
    On the General Line of the Party During the Period of Transition
    (August 1953) 380
    Telegram to the USSR (September 2, 1953) 381
    The Path That Inevitably Must Be Followed in the Transformation of Capitalist
    Industry and Commerce (September 7, 1953) 383
    Speech on the Victory in Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea Movement
    (September 12, 1953) 386
    Telegram to the Chinese People's Volunteers (September 12, 1953) 392
    Telegram to the USSR (September 15, 1953) 394
    Criticize the Reactionary Thought of Liang Shuming (September 16-18, 1953) 396
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Mongolia on the Death of Bumatsende
    (September 24, 1953) 408
    Letter to Shen Junru (September 27, 1953) 409
    Letter to Mao Yueqiu (October 4, 1953) 409
    Letter to Ma Xulun (October 5, 1953) 411
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 5, 1953) 411
    Speech on Mutual Aid and Cooperativization in Agriculture (October 15, 1953) 412
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (October 16, 1953) 419
    Speech at Reception for Tibetan Delegation (October 18, 1953) 419
    Letter to Yang Shangkun (October 22, 1953) 421
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Albania (October 22, 1953) 422
    Letter to Wen Jiuming (October 25, 1953) 423
    Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia (October 28, 1953) 424
    Criticism of the Ministry of Public Health (October 1953) 425
    Speech on Mutual Aid and Cooperativization in Agriculture
    (November 4, 1953) 425
    Telegram to the USSR (November 5, 1953) 432
    Reply to Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic
    (November 12, 1953) 433
    Reply to Minister of the Republic of Finland (December 2, 1953) 434
    Letter to Dai Yuben (December 9, 1953) 435
    Reply to Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark (December 12, 1953) 435
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    Reply to Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
    (December 12, 1953) 436
    Letter to Liao Jingwen (December 13, 1953) 437
    Reply to Ambassador of the Soviet Union (December 15, 1953) 438
    Telegram to Anshan Workers and Staff (December 25, 1953) 439
    Remark toKe Qingshi (December 26, 1953 [?]) 440
    Inscription in Guest Book of the Moganshan Clinic (Winter 1953) 441
    Comment on the Department of Health Care (1953) 441
    Directive on Physical Culture (1953) 442
    Inscription for No. 1 Automobile Manufacturing Plant of Changchun (1953) 442
    Directive on the Work of the Ministry of Geology (1953) 443
    Telegram to the USSR (January 4, 1954) 445
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (January 29, 1954) 446
    Telegram to the USSR (February 11, 1954) 446
    Telegram to the USSR (February 21, 1954) 447
    Letter to Tian Jiaying (March 2, 1954) 448
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (March 12, 1954) 449
    Telegram to Kim Du Bong (March 14, 1954) 450
    Letter to Peng Shilin (March 31, 1954) 450
    Letter to Party Branch and xiang Government of Shicheng xiang
    (April 29, 1954) 451
    Inscription on the Completion of Guanting Reservoir (May 13, 1954) 452
    Telegram to the South African Indian Congress (May 28, 1954) 453
    Speech on the Draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China
    (June 14, 1954) 454
    Beidaihe: A Poem (Summer 1954) 461
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Poland (July 20, 1954) 462
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (July 23, 1954) 463
    Directive on Work in Traditional Chinese Medicine (July 30, 1954) 464
    Letter to the Staff of the No. 320 Factory (August 1, 1954) 466
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 12, 1954) 467
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Romania (August 21, 1954) 468
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (August 31, 1954) 469
    Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 2, 1954) 470
    Telegram to the USSR (September 2, 1954) 471
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 7, 1954) 472
    Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Albania (September 13, 1954) 473
    Reply to Minister of the Confederation of Switzerland (September 13, 1954) 474
    Opening Speech at the First Session of the First NPC (September 15, 1954) 475
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    Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Hungary
    (September 22, 1954) 476
    Toast at China's National Day Celebrations (September 29, 1954) 477
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 5, 1954) 478
    Letter to the Delegation of the USSR (October 12, 1954) 479
    Letter to the USSR (October 12, 1954) 480
    Letter on the Problems of Hongloumeng yanjiu (October 16, 1954) 481
    Telegram to the USSR (October 16, 1954) 485
    Implement the Correct Policy in Dealing with Doctors of Traditional Chinese
    Medicine (October 20, 1954) 486
    Toast at Reception for Prime Minister Nehru (October 21, 1954) 491
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Hungary (October 22, 1954) 492
    Inscription Expressing Gratitude to the Soviet Union (October 25, 1954) 492
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (October 25, 1954) 493
    On Criticizing Hongloumeng yanjiu (October 1954) 494
    Directive on the Film Qing gong mishi (October 1954) 496
    Telegram to the USSR (November 6, 1954) 496
    Letter to Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, et al. (November 18, 1954) 498
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (November 22, 1954) 499
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (November 23, 1954) 500
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Mongolia (November 25, 1954) 501
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Albania (November 28, 1954) 502
    Telegram to Petru Groza (December I, 1954) 502
    Telegram to Rajendra Prasad (December 1, 1954) 503
    Toast at Dinner for Prime Minister U Nu (December 4, 1954) 503
    Telegram to the Republic of Finland (December 5, 1954) 504
    Telegram to Antonio Zapotocky (December 16, 1954) 504
    Inscription for Workers on the Kangding-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet Highways
    (December 25, 1954) 505
    Letter to Li Da (December 28, 1954) 506
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (December 31, 1954) 507
    On Writing Essays to Criticize Hu Shi (December 1954) 507
    Speech at a Standing Committee Meeting of the Central Committee of the CPC
    (Excerpts) (Winter 1954) 508
    Comment on the National Budget (1954) 509
    Instructions on the Work of Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1954) 510
    Inscription on the Triumph of the People of Wuhan over the Flood (1954) 511
    Inscription for Historical Pavilion in Caixi xiang, Fujian Province (1954) 511
    Telegram to the Union of Burma (January 2, 1955) 513
    Telegram to the Republic of India (January 24, 1955) 514
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    Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Finland (January 28, 1955) 514
    The Atom Bomb Cannot Scare the Chinese People (January 28, 1955) 516
    Criticism of Hu Feng (January 1955) 518
    Telegram to the USSR (February 12, 1955) 519
    Speech at Banquet Celebrating Fifth Anniversary of Sino-Soviet Treaty
    (February 14, 1955) 521
    Telegram to the USSR (February 21, 1955) 522
    Toast at Banquet Celebrating Tibetan New Year (February 24, 1955) 523
    Letter to Lin Tie (March 5, 1955) 524
    Letter to Zhou Dungu (March 6, 1955) 525
    Letter to Wei Lihuang (March 17, 1955) 525
    Inscription for the First Congress of Heroes and Model Soldiers of the Air Force
    (March 21, 1955) 526
    Opening Speech at the National Conference of the CPC (March 21, 1955) 527
    Concluding Remarks at the National Conference of the CPC (March 31, 1955) 531
    Speech at Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of
    the CPC (Spring 1955) 545
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Hungary (April 2, 1955) 546
    Order to Terminate State of War Between the PRC and Germany
    (April 7, 1955) 547
    Reply to Ambassador of Pakistan (April 27, 1955) 549
    Inscription for Czechoslovakian Exhibition (April 28, 1955) 550
    Letter to Jiang Zhuru (May 1, 1955) 551
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (May 6, 1955) 552
    Telegram to the Republic of Czechoslovakia (May 7, 1955) 553
    Letter to the Party Committee of Xiangxiang xian (May 17, 1955) 554
    Telegram to Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1955) 555
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (May 26, 1955) 556
    Telegram to Afghanistan (May 26, 1955) 557
    Toast at Banquet for Indonesian Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo
    (May 29, 1955) 558
    Conversation with Security Guards on Taking Literacy Courses (May 1955) 558
    Preface and Editor's Notes to Material On the Hu Feng Counterrevolutionary
    Clique (May-June, 1955) 559
    Letter to Tan Shiying (June 8, 1955) 583
    Conversation with Soldiers (Excerpt) (June 17, 1955) 584
    On Swimming [Excerpts] (June 20, 1955) 584
    Telegram to Jamsarangyin Sambuu (June 27, 1955) 585
    Toast to Ho Chi Minh (June 28, 1955) 586
    Reply to Ambassador of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
    (June 30, 1955) 586
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Mongolia (July 9, 1955) 587
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    Telegram to the People's Republic of Poland (July 19, 1955) 588
    On the Cooperativization of Agriculture (July 31, 1955) 589
    Conversation with Security Guards (Mid-July 1955) 612
    Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 12, 1955) 613
    Telegram to the Republic of Indonesia (August 15, 1955) 614
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Romania (August 21, 1955) 615
    Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (September 1, 1955) 616
    Telegram to Antonio Zapotocky (September 1, 1955) 617
    Intra-Party Directive on Agricultural Cooperativization (September 7, 1955) 618
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 7, 1955) 620
    Inscription for Tokuda Kyuichi (September 12, 1955) 621
    First Preface to Upsurge of Socialism in China's Countryside
    (September 25, 1955) 622
    Letter to Tian Jiaying (September 27, 1955) 626
    Letter to Zhou Shizhao (October 4, 1955) 627
    Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 6, 1955) 628
    The Debate Over Agricultural Cooperativization and the Present Class Struggle
    (October 11, 1955) 629
    A Speech at the Enlarged Sixth Plenum of the Seventh Central Committee
    [October 11, 1955] 655
    Conversation with Members of the Japanese Diet (October 15, 1955) 669
    Telegram to the USSR (October 24, 1955) 670
    Letter to Zhang Naiqi (November 1, 1955) 671
    Telegram to the USSR (November 6, 1955) 672
    Letter to Huang Yanpei (November 17, 1955) 673
    Remark Made to Li Kaiwen (November 20, 1955) 674
    Letter to Panchen Gnoertehni (November 24, 1955) 675
    Letter to Zhou Shizhao (November 24, 1955) 675
    Telegram to the People's Republic of Albania (November 26, 1955) 676
    Telegram to the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (November 26, 1955) 677
    Reply to Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Germany
    (December 3, 1955) 678
    Telegram to the Republic of Finland (December 5, 1955) 679
    Talk on Opposing Right-Deviation and Conservatism (December 6, 1955) 679
    Letter to Zhai Zuojun (December 12, 1955) 684
    Circular Requesting Opinions on the Seventeen Articles on Agricultural Work
    (December 21 , 1955) 685
    Second Preface to Upsurge of Socialism in China 's Countryside
    (December 27, 1955) 689
    Editor's Notes to Upsurge of Socialism in China's Countryside
    (December 27, 1955) 692
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