Telegram to Stalin

(November 12, 1949)

Comrade Filippov [1]:

Thank you for welcoming me to Moscow. I plan to set out in early December. At the same time, please allow Comrade Kovalyov [2] to accompany me. He has already made arrangements for the work of the Soviet experts, and his departure will not affect the work.

Mao Zedong

November 12, 1949

Published based on the revised version.

Notes

[1] Filippov was Stalin's code name.

[2] Kovalyov was then the head of the Soviet experts assisting in China.