Commentary and Revisions on Zhou Enlai’s Draft Reply Letter to Grotewohl Concerning Sino-German Trade Matters [1] (August 10, 1953) 1. Implement as instructed. Mao Zedong added a sentence on August 10 [2]; please consider whether it should be included. Printed according to the manuscript. 2. However, we feel that the amount of assistance is too small, owing to the numerous difficulties currently facing China, which prevent us from providing a larger sum. Printed based on Mao Zedong’s handwritten draft.  Notes [1] Grotewohl was then Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic. [2] Refers to section (2) of this text. This sentence was appended after the following passage in Zhou Enlai’s letter: “For the friendship between the Chinese and German peoples, and in order to overcome the temporary difficulties imposed upon the German people by U.S. imperialism and West German fascist bandits, we regard assisting the German people as our duty and take great pride in doing so.”