Comments on Issues Including the China-Korea Economic and Cultural Cooperation Agreement

(November 21, 1953)

Comrade Zhou Enlai:

(1) I have reviewed all the documents[1] and agree; (2) I agree to the various arrangements for the signing, banquet, evening party, etc.; (3) At the signing, it seems there should be democratic personages from our country in public office present. If so, the documents should first be shown to them for review. Please consider and decide.

Mao Zedong

[1] Refers to the seven documents submitted by Zhou Enlai on November 21, 1953, for Mao Zedong’s review: the China-Korea Economic and Cultural Cooperation Agreement, the Communiqué on the Talks between the Governments of China and Korea, the China-Korea Protocol on Railways, the China-Korea Agreement on Technical Personnel, the China-Korea Agreement on Exchange Students, the China-Korea Exchange of Notes on Civil Aviation, and the China-Korea Exchange of Notes on Refugee Children.