Telegram to Hu Qiaomu [2] Regarding Support for the Information Bureau’s Publication in Criticizing Nosaka Sanzō [1] Comrade Qiaomu: I am leaving at nine o’clock this evening for a visit to Lenin City and will not return for three days. Meanwhile, the draft editorial of the People’s Daily and the resolution of the Japanese Communist Party’s Politburo have yet to be received. If we are to wait until I have reviewed them, a reply will not be possible until the 17th; otherwise, they may be published after being reviewed by Comrade Shaoqi. Our Party should express its views, supporting the Information Bureau’s publication in its criticism of Okano Susumu, while at the same time expressing regret that the Japanese Communist Party’s Politburo has failed to accept this criticism. We hope that the Japanese Communist Party will take appropriate steps to correct Okano Susumu’s errors. Mao Zedong, 4 p.m., January 14 Based on the manuscript copy. Notes [1] Nosaka Sanzō is also known as Okano Susumu; at the time he was a member of the Central Political Bureau of the Japanese Communist Party. [2] Hu Qiaomu was then Director of the General Administration of Press and Publications of the Central People’s Government.