Endorsement on Issuing the Propaganda Circular of the CPC Central Committee in Support of the American Communist Party’s Struggle Against Persecution

(December 27, 1961)

Comrade Shangkun:

This document should be handled immediately. It may be distributed to all comrades attending the meeting. Before distribution, please check with the Liaison Department whether this document has been discussed and agreed upon with the comrades of the American Communist Party currently in Beijing. If not, it should be thoroughly discussed with them.

Mao Zedong
December 27

[In December 1961, Mao Zedong met with a visiting delegation from the Municipal Council of Caracas, Venezuela.]