Transmitting Comrade Shi Zhe’s [1] Report on Accompanying Fedorenko [2] During His Visit
(April 21, 1951)

Comrades Shu Shi, Zihui, Jianying, Xiaoping, Zhongxun, Yibo, Gao Gang, [3] and to be forwarded to all provincial Party committees, regional Party committees, and large and medium-sized municipal Party committees:

Below is Comrade Shi Zhe’s report, [4] which mentions shortcomings in the reception of foreign guests in various localities. Please pay attention and henceforth avoid excess and impropriety.

Mao Zedong
April 21

Based on the manuscript.

Notes
[1] Shi Zhe, then Director of the Compilation and Translation Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
[2] Fedorenko, Soviet sinologist and writer, then Cultural Counsellor of the Soviet Embassy in China.
[3] Shu Shi, i.e., Rao Shushi, then First Secretary of the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Zihui, i.e., Deng Zihui, then Third Secretary of the Central-South Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Jianying, i.e., Ye Jianying, then First Secretary of the South China Sub-Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Xiaoping, i.e., Deng Xiaoping, then First Secretary of the Southwest Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Zhongxun, i.e., Xi Zhongxun, then First Secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Yibo, i.e., Bo Yibo, then First Secretary of the North China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Gao Gang, then Secretary of the Northeast Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
[4] Refers to Shi Zhe’s report to Mao Zedong on April 20, 1951, concerning the situation of accompanying Fedorenko during his visit. The report mentions that some local comrades organized unnecessary roadside welcomes and banquets. At Pukou Station and Shanghai Station, in order to let the foreign friend pass, thousands of people were densely packed together and not allowed to move. There were also individual leading cadres who casually gave gifts, inappropriately wrote inscriptions, indiscriminately sent unsuitable materials and documents, and on certain occasions made remarks that were unprincipled and lacking in proper measure, causing adverse effects.