Telegram to Stalin on the Issue of Comrade Ren Bishi’s Medical Treatment
(November 21, 1949)

Comrade Filippov [1]:
Comrade Ren Bishi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party, is seriously ill. The Soviet doctor believes he needs to go to Moscow for treatment, and we concur with this opinion. We do not know whether this is feasible. Please advise in reply.

Mao Zedong
November 21, 1949

[1] Filippov was Stalin’s code name.