Letter to Lin Ke Requesting Three Books, Including “The Manifesto of the Communist Party” (August 3, 1964) Comrade Lin Ke: I would like to find a copy of “Water Margin” annotated by Jin Shengtan [2] to read again.
I also need a new large-print edition of “The Manifesto of the Communist Party” and another on Lenin’s theory that imperialism is the dying stage of capitalism.
Please arrange these for me.
Mao Zedong August 3rd Printed from the manuscript.
Notes [1] Lin Ke was at the time Secretary of Mao Zedong’s Office. [2] Jin Shengtan was a literary critic during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.