批语 on the Sale of Rice
(August 16, 1952)
To Liu, Zhu, Peng, and Deng (for your review).
I approve the plan to sell rice to Ceylon, India, and Indonesia. The head of the Ceylonese delegation arriving in Beijing is that country’s Minister of Trade; our side should dispatch a person of equal rank to meet them at the station.
Mao Zedong
August 16
Chuan
Liu refers to Liu Shaoqi. Zhu refers to Zhu De. Peng refers to Peng Dehuai, who at the time served as Vice Chairman of the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission. Deng refers to Deng Xiaoping, who at the time was Vice Premier of the State Council.