To the Peking University May Fourth
Commemoration Steering Committee1
(April 30, 1949)
Dear Gentlemen of the Peking University May Fourth Commemoration Steering
Committee:
I received the letter sent on April 28. Thank you for your invitation. However,
due to work, I will not be able to attend your celebration. Many apologies for this.
Wishing Peking University continued success!
Mao Zedong

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Our source for this letter is Mao Zedong shuxin xuanji, p. 320, where it is reproduced
from Mao’s handwritten manuscript.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719436-264