Letter to Zhang Zhongshi[1]
(October 15, 1949)

Comrade Zhang:
For the name of the magazine[2], it would be better to ask Mr. Guo Moruo[3] to write it. I have also written a sentence[4] to serve as the inscription for the inaugural issue of the magazine.

Mao Zedong
October 15

[1] Zhang Zhongshi, then serving as a council member of the General Association of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association.
[2] Refers to the magazine *Sino-Soviet Friendship* published by the General Association of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association.
[3] Guo Moruo, then serving as vice president of the General Association of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association.
[4] Refers to Mao Zedong's inscription: "I hope that the friendship between the peoples of China and the Soviet Union will greatly develop and be consolidated."