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Struggle
August 1, 1963, Mao Zedong in a group photo with the cast of the play *Lei Feng* by the Shenyang Military Region's Anti-Enemy Drama Troupe.

Statement on the Struggle Against Racial Discrimination [I's Comment [2]
(August 7 and 8, 1963)

Comrade Pu Shouchang:
The draft statement is usable. Please have it translated immediately into English and French, and deliver it to me together with the original draft before 2:00 p.m. tomorrow (the 8th).
Mao Zedong
8:00 p.m., August 7

[1]
This statement, titled "Statement Calling on the People of the World to Unite to Oppose Racial Discrimination by U.S. Imperialism and Support the Struggle of Black Americans Against Racial Discrimination," was signed by Mao Zedong and published in *Renmin Ribao* on August 9, 1963.
[2]
The first part of this piece is written on a report dated August 6, 1963, from Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Qiao Guanhua and Secretary of Premier Zhou Enlai's Office Pu Shouchang, submitting a revised draft of the statement supporting the struggle of Black Americans against racial discrimination for Mao Zedong's review. The second part is written on the printed draft of this statement.