The Speech Delivered at the Airport—Letter to Zhang Hanfu[1] et al.
(September 21, 1952)
Zhang, Wu Ba,
This speech should be published together with the news of our return home. Please inform Xinhua News Agency to pay close attention and ensure that they receive this item clearly so that it can be released simultaneously.
Mao Zedong
September 21st
[1]
Zhang Hanfu was then Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government.
[2]
“Wu” refers to Wu Xiuquan, who was also a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government at the time.
[3]
This refers to the draft of the statement that Premier of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhou Enlai was preparing to deliver at the airport when the delegation of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, led by him, departed Moscow on September 22, 1952. The statement was published in the People’s Daily on September 24, 1952.