Letter to Zhou Xiaozhou

(June 1, 1943)

Comrade Xiaozhou:

Your letter of January 29 has been received. Your views are quite correct. If you persist in making earnest efforts along these lines, you will surely make progress. Your letter from last year was also received, and I replied at that time; I fear that reply may have been lost. So long as a person is boundlessly loyal, any shortcoming can be easily corrected. Your assessment of yourself is correct.

Mao Zedong

June 1

[1] Zhou Xiaozhou (1912–1966), a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, once served as Mao Zedong's secretary. At the time, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Hebei District Committee and head of its Propaganda Department.