Letter to Lin Boqu1
(July 24, 1943)
Chairman Lin:
Here are the labor hero Yang Buhao and his relative Li Zhiming from Shijiapan,
Sixth Township, Chuankou District, Yan’an county. They were introduced to me
for a chat by Cao Yu, the head of Yan’an county. I am very interested in learning
about the situation in the countryside. Now I would like to introduce them to
you. If you have time, please receive them for a chat. They are very keen to have
the chance to meet and learn from you. I hope you will put them up for one night
and send them home the next day because they live about 70 li from here.
Salutations!
Mao Zedong
P.S.: The same for Comrade Luo Mai.2
Notes
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong shuxin xuanji, p. 215, where it is reproduced from the manuscript.
1. Regarding Lin Boqu, see above, note to the text of September 15, 1942.
2. Luo Mai, a pseudonym for Li Weihan; see above, note to the text of September 15, 1942.