Commentary on the Delegation’s Visit to China [l]
(September 5, 1954)
Forwarded to Premier Zhou for consideration.
The request to dispatch ten journalists seems feasible and may be granted.
Should we also include representatives from the Liberal Party?
Mao Zedong
September 5th
[I)
This commentary was written on a letter dated August 23, 1954, from Tadatatsu Sata, Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Japan’s Socialist Party, to Zhang Wentian, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs, which had been forwarded by the Secretariat of the Institute on September 4, 1954. In his letter, Sata stated:

“The representatives of Japan’s Socialist Party have now reached a stage where they can visit your country, which is a matter of great joy. Recently, our party has received support from public opinion; in particular, those involved in news reporting have been actively advocating the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan as an urgent priority. They have also expressed a strong desire that, during our party’s visit to your country, representative journalists be dispatched to accompany us. Although we are aware that it would indeed be difficult to accommodate all those who wish to go, we nonetheless hope at least to be permitted to send about ten journalists to travel together with our delegation during its visit to China.”