Letter to Dong Biwu

(March 1941)

Elder Dong:

Regarding the books purchased from the Commercial Press, Zhonghua Book Company, and other publishing houses, please negotiate whether they can be shipped here first. Left-wing books may be temporarily withheld from shipment to avoid obstruction. Furthermore, please entrust someone to place orders with the China Cultural Service for various government gazettes, magazines, and newspapers. An advance payment of five hundred yuan may be made for a one-year subscription. Mailing address: Book Department, Zhongshan Store, Xin Shichang, Fushi.

Please make every effort to collect and send all economic books available in Chongqing. Newspapers and magazines from various party factions and groups, as well as from Kunming, Guilin, and other places, should also be subscribed to on our behalf, for a period of at least one year.