Letter to Huang Yanpei
(July 15, 1951)

Mr. Renzhi:'

Your letter of July 14 has been received and read. I am very concerned
about your illness. I fully agree that you must rest for a month to reco Pail
necessary. it would be proper to extend that for another month so that the restoration of your health may be complete. The times are indeed as you
describe. The ancients said: “It is only when one can fight that one can make
peace,”” That is the situation with us. We took a measure yesterday that will
be helpful in stripping our enemies of their excuse and facilitate the continui-tion of the [peace] meetings.’

I respectfully wish your recovery and safety,

Mao Zedong
July 15

Notes

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2 We have not at this time been able to identify he original source of this saying. It appears
be 4 paraphrase in the way it is rendered here by Mao,
3. According to the source, this refers to the communiqué issued jointly by Kim I Sung, the

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the commander of the Korean People's Army. and Peng Dehuai, commander of the Chinese
spree Volunteers in the Korean conflict 10 the command of the United States and United
Pearle "rcs in Which they agreed on the neutralization and demilitarization of the Kaesong are»
Nu! period when the peace negotiations of the two sides were being held in that city and on
ition of the U.S. press corps of twenty people as part of the working staff of the U.S.
(and therefore to be awarded diplomatic status and access to the negotiations}. For more on

she negotiations see text Aug. 4, 1952, note |