Letter to Bo Gu and Lu Dingyi[1]

(July 19, 1943)

Comrade Chen Boda's article has been reviewed and revised. It is hereby sent for your perusal. Please publish it today or tomorrow, with approximately 5,000 characters placed in the editorial position, and the remainder to follow on page four, to be published in full in one day. Broadcast it over two or three days, and please arrange for it to be broadcast twice. Also, print a separate pamphlet, and please have it printed within the next few days, with a run of 15,000 copies, to serve as a major propaganda effort. When printing, please have Comrade Dingyi personally proofread it once to ensure there are no typographical errors.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's letter to Bo Gu (Qin Bangxian) and Lu Dingyi concerning the publication, broadcasting, and reprinting of Chen Boda's article "Commentary on 'China's Destiny'."