You have convened a representative conference of all circles in Shanghai. That is very good. Such conferences are of great use, as they can be relied upon to maintain ties with the masses and help us overcome difficulties. All cities under the jurisdiction of East China should hold such conferences, and importance should be attached to them.
Chuan

This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in reply to the East China Bureau, after receiving the East China Bureau’s report on the situation of the representative conference of all circles convened by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government from the 3rd to the 5th.
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