Letter to President Lin Biao¹ on the Study of
Documents of the Sixth Plenum of the
Sixth Central Committee

(July 29, 19[X][X],² 10 P.M.)

This group of graduates should be given no. 57 of *Jiefang* and the documents of
the Sixth Plenum,³ and they should discuss them before they leave. The copies
needed may be quickly obtained from the [X][X] Section. It may be also better to
obtain a few copies first and distribute two or three copies to each team. The Central Secretariat will meet on the afternoon of the 30th. I will attend the meeting of
the Military Commission on the afternoon of the 1st, and can come to talk about
the conclusions of the Sixth Plenum on the 2nd.

Salutations!

Mao Zedong

Our source for this text is *Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan*, Vol. 6, p. 91, where it is reproduced from
Red Guard publications of 1967.
1. This letter is addressed to Lin in his capacity as president of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.
2. The year is missing in the source cited, but clearly this text should be dated 1939.
3. Issue no. 57 of *Jiefang*, dated November 25, 1938, contained Mao's report to the
Sixth Plenum, entitled "On the New Stage," which is translated in Volume VI of this edition. The volume of documents of the Sixth Plenum to be studied was probably *Zhongguo
gongchandang de liuzhong quanhui wenxian* (Documents of the Sixth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party) (Chongqing: *Xinhua ribao*, 1939).