Letter to Deng Tao [1] Regarding the Reprint of the Article “Why Have the List Prices of Over Three Thousand Commodities Been Reduced?” (April 8, 1952)  Comrade Deng Tao of the People’s Daily:  The article “Why Have the List Prices of Over Three Thousand Commodities Been Reduced?” published today in the Guangming Daily may be reprinted in the People’s Daily [2], and you are requested to inform Xinhua News Agency to broadcast it as well.  Respectfully,  Mao Zedong  April 8  Printed from the manuscript.  Notes  [1] Deng Tao was then the chief editor of the People’s Daily.  [ ] The People’s Daily reprinted this article on April 15, 1952, under the title “The Great Significance of Reducing Commodity List Prices.”