This letter and the attached photo are returned to Comrade Hua Luogeng for safekeeping. It
is better for him to keep it than me. Thank you Comrade Hua for your kindness.
Mao Zedong
November 4, 1972

[1] Hua Luogeng, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, wrote to Mao Zedong
on October 25, 1972: “The Dalian Rolling Stock Works of the Ministry of Communications
has bestowed upon me a precious gift. To decline it would risk offending the working class's
goodwill in welcoming me home; to accept it would be to lack self-awareness. Remembering
the source of this kindness, bidding farewell to the old self, and embarking on a new path all
depend on your guidance and instruction. Therefore, I hereby present it to you as a token of
my sentiments and in lieu of a report.” After reviewing it, Mao Zedong wrote this
annotation.