Letter to Li Jiehou

(August 10, 1951)

Brother Jiehou:

I have received the letters from Liu Boqiang and Liu Desan that you forwarded. Please convey to them that they should work earnestly in their local posts and learn through their work.

Best regards!

Mao Zedong
August 10, 1951

[!] Liu Boqiang, a native of Yangying Village, Ruyi Township, Shaoshan City, Hunan Province, was working at the Changde City Federation of Trade Unions in Hunan Province at the time. Liu Desan, now known as Liu Xianrui, is Liu Boqiang’s younger brother. At the time, he was serving as a soldier in the 55th Army of the 21st Corps of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Their father was a classmate of Mao Zedong at the Hunan First Normal School.