Telegram to Khrushchev [1] Regarding the CPC’s Preparation to Send a Delegation to the Meeting of Senior Representatives of the CMEA Member Parties (May 9 and 13, 1958)

To the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union  Dear Comrade Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev:  We have received your letter, forwarded by Comrade Antonov [2], concerning the convening of a meeting of senior representatives of the fraternal parties of the member countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. The CPC Central Committee gladly accepts your invitation and has decided to dispatch a delegation to Moscow to attend the meeting of senior representatives of the fraternal parties of the CMEA member countries, which is scheduled to begin on [date]. The composition of the CPC delegation will be announced separately once it has been finalized.  With communist greetings!  Mao Zedong  Year Month Day

II  To the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union  Dear Comrade Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev:  In order to participate in the meeting of senior representatives of the fraternal parties of the CMEA member countries, to be held in Moscow on [date], we have decided to send a delegation consisting of the following three comrades:  Head of the Delegation: Comrade Chen Yun (Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council)  Members: Comrade Li Fuchun (Member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Vice Premier of the State Council, Director of the State Planning Commission)  Comrade Ye Jizhuang (Member of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Trade)  In addition, accompanying the delegation will be eight assistants and interpreters. This is hereby notified.  With communist greetings!  Mao Zedong  Year Month Day  Printed from the original manuscript approved by Mao Zedong.  Notes  [1] Khrushchev was at that time First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR.  [2] Antonov was then Chargé d’Affaires of the Soviet Embassy in China.