To Comrade Shen Junru[1]
(September 27, 1953)

President Shen:

Your letter to me dated September 16 and the attached materials have been received and read. Schistosomiasis is extremely harmful and must be emphatically prevented and treated. Your letter and the attached materials have been handed over to Comrade Xi Zhongxun[2] to take charge of handling. This is my reply.

With salutations,

Mao Zedong

September 27

[1] Shen Junru, then President of the Supreme People's Court of the Central People's Government and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
[2] Xi Zhongxun, then Secretary-General of the Government Administration Council and concurrently Deputy Director of the Culture and Education Commission.

[Seal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]
Manuscript and envelope of Mao Zedong's letter to Shen Junru.