Comrade Chen (1):
Letter and Annotations on Railway Route Issues
(April 28, 1954)
Your letter of January 22nd (2) has been received. The suggestions you put forward have been forwarded to the Ministry of Railways for study. This is to inform you.
JI阪祝
Health
Mao Zedong
April 28, 1954
Chuan
Refers to Chen Jiageng, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader who at that time served as a member of the Central People’s Government and a member of the Committee on Overseas Chinese Affairs.
[2]
Refers to Chen Jiageng’s letter to Mao Zedong dated January 22, 1954. In the letter, he reported his proposal to Zhou Enlai regarding the route for constructing the Southern Fujian Railway.

Copied to the Ministry of Railways for study; the original letter is returned to me for reply.
Ill
In 1954, Mao Zedong had a cordial conversation with patriotic overseas Chinese leader Chen Jiageng and others.
[1]
This is Mao Zedong’s annotation written on Chen Jiageng’s letter dated January 22, 1954.

Manuscript of Mao Zedong’s letter to Chen Jiageng.