Comrade Zhixian:

Regarding notifying Wu Qirui[1] to come to Shanghai

A letter to Chen Pixian[2]

(June 22, 1960)

I must trouble you with one more matter. If possible, please notify Wu Qirui to make a trip here; it will suffice if she can arrive within the next two days. Just tell her that you wish to see her. When she arrives, please extend her hospitality. I intend to inquire of her about certain matters.

Mao Zedong

June 22

[1] Wu Qirui, daughter-in-law of Wang Li’an, Mao Zedong’s mathematics teacher during his studies at the Hunan Provincial First Normal School. She taught for a long time at the primary school affiliated with the Wuxi Normal School. After the founding of New China, she corresponded with Mao Zedong regarding issues concerning her children’s school enrollment.

[2] Chen Pixian, then serving as Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.