(January 5, 1965)
Comrade Brezhnev, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union:
On the occasion of my seventy-first birthday, I have received your letter of congratulations, for which I express my heartfelt thanks.
I wish the great Soviet people new successes in all construction work in the future.
May the two Parties and two countries of China and the Soviet Union unite on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian internationalism! May the fraternal friendship between the peoples of China and the Soviet Union be continuously consolidated and developed!
Mao Zedong
January 5, 1965

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On January 5, 1965, Mao Zedong cordially shakes hands with Li Siguang at the First Session of the Fourth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In January 1965, Mao Zedong cordially receives biochemist Peng Jiamu.

In January 1965, Mao Zedong is together with members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from religious circles.

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In January 1965, Mao Zedong cordially receives Xia Juhua, a famous performer of the Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe.