Strive to Establish Peaceful Relations between the Church and Ourselves[1]

(May 29, 1936)

Striving to establish peaceful relations between the church and ourselves is an important matter; there is no need to raise the conditions.[2]

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai to Peng Dehuai.
[2] In a telegram to Mao Zedong on May 28, Peng Dehuai stated: "Xu and Cheng have telegraphed that the believers in Xiaoqiaopan have sent a reply agreeing to send representatives to make contact today. We have agreed to negotiate with them on the principle of freedom of belief, provided that missionary work does not interfere in politics."