This critical, multi-volume edition of Mao's writings is an indispensable guide to post-1949 Chinese politics and an invaluable research tool for anyone seeking to understand Communist rule in China

Acknowledgments xxiIntroduction xxvIntroduction to Volume I xxxiiiEditorial Conventions and Devices: A Note to the Reader xxxviiOpening Speech at the First Plenary Session of the CPPCC(September 21 , 1949) 3Speech at Banquet Celebrating Insurrection of KMT Troops(September 23, 1949) 7Telegram to Xinjiang Political and Military Authorities (September 28, 1949) 8Draft for Inscription on Monument to People's Heroes (September 30, 1949) 9Proclamation of the Central People's Government of the PRC (October 1, 1949) 10Telegram to the Communist Party of the United States (October 6, 1949) 12Letter to Wang Shoudao (October 9, 1949) 13Letter to Yang Kaizhi (October 9, 1949) 14Telegram to the French Transportation Labor Union (October 9, 1949) 15Telegram to General Zhao Xiguang (October 10, 1949) 15Telegram to Insurrectionists on the "Changzhi" (October 10, 1949) 16Telegram to Five-man Independent Group of the British Labor Party in theHouse of Commons (October 12, 1949) 16Telegram to the United States' Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy(October 12, 1949) 17Letter to Feng Youlan (October 13, 1949) 17Letter to Zhou Shizhao (October 15, 1949) 18Reply to Ambassador of the Soviet Union (October 16, 1949) 20Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 16, 1949) 21Reply to the Hui People of Xinjiang (October 21, 1949) 22Reply to the Provisional People's Government of Xinjiang (October 21, 1949) 22Reply to the Xinjiang League for the Defense of Peace and Democracy and toPeople of the Tacheng-Ili-Ashan Regions (October 21, 1949) 23vvi ContentsPreface to The Victory of New Democracy in China (October 24, 1949) 23Telegram to the Insurrectionists on the "Hailiao" (October 24, 1949) 24Inscription for the Inaugural Issue of Renmin wenxue (People's Literature)(October 25, 1949) 25Telegram to Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions(October 26, 1949) 26Telegram to the Comrades of Yanan and Compatriots of the Shaanxi-GansuNingxia Border Region (October 26, 1949) 26Telegram to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Algeria(October 26, 1949) 27Telegram to the Provisional Government of Greece (October 26, 1949) 28Telegram to the Albanian Council of Ministers (October 26, 1949) 28Letter to Bo Yibo (October 29, 1949) 29Telegram to the Republic of Czechoslovakia (October 29, 1949) 30Telegram to the USSR (November 5, 1949) 31Telegram to the Work Committee of the Communist Party of Thailand(November 12, 1949) 31Telegram to Managers and Staff of 1vo Aviation Corporations(November 12, 1949) 32Letter to Peng Dehuai and the Northwest Bureau (November 14, 1949) 33Inscription on Public Morals (November 15, 1949 R) 35Letter to Mao Xusheng (November 15, 1949) 35Letter to Li Jiehou of Shaoshan, Hunan (November 17, 1949) 36Telegram to the Former KMT Government Resources Committee(November 19, 1949) 37Telegram to the Communist Party of India (November 19, 1949) 37Telegram to the Socialist Republican Party of India (November 19, 1949) 38Telegram to the Central Committee of the Iranian Workers' Party(November 19, 1949) 39Inscription for the Third Anniversary of Nanqiao ribao (November 20, 1949) 39Telegram of Condolence on the Death of Xinjiang Delegates to the CPPCC(November 22, 1949) 40Telegram to Panchen Gnoertehni (November 23, 1949) 41Telegram to the Banka Federation of Labor Unions of Indonesia(November 24, 1949) 41Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (November 25, 1949) 42Letter to Xu Beihong (November 29, 1949) 42Telegram to the Britain-China Conference in London (November 30, 1949) 43Letter to the People of Lushun-Dalian (December 1, 1949) 44Letter to Liu Yazi (December 2, 1949) 44Contents viiDirective Issued at the Fourth Meeting of the CPGC (excerpts)(December 2, 1949) 46Instruction on the Army's Participation in Production and Construction Workin 1950 (December 5, 1949) 4 7Speech on Arrival at Moscow Train Station (December 16, 1949) 51Telegram to Stalin (December 19, 1949) 52Address at Birthday Celebration Meeting Held for Stalin (December 21, 1949) 52Comment on Democratic Personages (Winter 1949) 53Conversation with a Painter from the Soviet Union [Excerpts] (1949) 54Inscription for First Issue of Renmin haijun (January 1, 1950) 57Interview Given to TASS Correspondent in Moscow (January 2, 1950) 57Inscription for Lenin's Mausoleum (January 11, 1950) 59Telegram to Bulgaria on the Death of Vasil Kolarov (January 24, 1950) 59Telegram to President Prasad of the Republic of India (January 28, 1950) 60Speech on Departure from Moscow (February 17, 1950) 60Telegram to President of the Viet Nam-China Friendship Association(February 21, 1950) 62Telegram to the USSR (February 23, 1950) 62Telegram to Stalin upon Leaving the USSR (February 26, 1950) 63Conversations During Inspection of Heilongjiang Province [Excerpts](February 27, 1950) 64Inscriptions Written in Harbin (February 27, 1950) 65Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Romania (March 10, 1950) 66Soliciting Suggestions on the Question of Strategy for Dealing withRich Peasants (March 12, 1950) 67Letter to Long Bojian (March 14, 1950) 70Letter to Liu Kuiyi (March 14, 1950) 71Telegram to the Communist Party of France (March 31, 1950) 72Directive on the Film Qing gong mishi (March 1950) 72Telegram to the People's Republic of Hungary (April 1, 1950) 73Speech at the Sixth Session of the CPGC (April 11, 1950) 74Letter to Yang Kaizhi and Li Congde (April 13, 1950) 74Comment on Chen Yun's Report (April 14, 1950) 75Letter to Mao Shenpin (April 18, 1950) 76Letter to Li Shuyi (April 18, 1950) 77Letter to Xiang Mingqing (April 19, 1950) 78Telegram toW. H. Andrews (April 20, 1950) 79Telegram to Maurice Thorez (April 28, 1950) 79Inscription Concerning the People's Education (May 1 , 1950) 80viii ContentsTelegram to the Republic of Czechoslovakia (May 3, 1950) 80Inscription Commemorating the May Fourth Movement (May 4, 1950 R) 81Letter to Wen Jianquan (May 7, 1950) 81Letter to Zhang Ding (May 7, 1950) 82Letter to Zhao Puzhu (May 7, 1950) 83Letter to Mao Yimin (May 8, 1950) 84Letter to Wen Nansong (May 12, 1950) 85Letter to Ye Jiannong (May 12, 1950) 86Letter to Zhou Wennan (May 12, 1950) 87Telegram to Ho Chi Minh (May 12, 1950) 88Letter to Mao Yuju (May 15, 1950) 89Letter to Zou Puxun (May 15, 1950) 90Letter to Zhou Rong (May 16, 1950) 90Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of India (May 20, 1950) 91Letter to Li Jinxi (May 22, 1950) 92Telegram of Condolence to Yan Huiqing's Family (May 26, 1950) 93Letter to Liu Yanan (May 27, 1950) 94Letter to Liu Shaoqi (June 4, 1950) 95Struggle for a Fundamental Thrn for the Better in the Financial andEconomic Situation in the Country (June 6, 1950) 97Don't Attack on All Fronts (June 6, 1950) 103Letter to Chen Mingshu (June 12, 1950) 106Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Poland (June 12, 1950) 107Reply to Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden (June 12, 1950) 108Opening Speech at the Second Meeting of the National Committee ofthe CPPCC (June 14, 1950) 109Letter to Ma Xulun (June 19, 1950) 110Closing Speech at the Second Session of the National Committee of the CPPCC(June 23, 1950) 111Reply to Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark (June 24, 1950) 116Reply to Head of Diplomatic Mission of the German Democratic Republic(June 24, 1950) 117Speech at Eighth Session of the CPGC (June 28, 1950) 118Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Mongolia (July 3, 1950) 119Telegram to the People's Republic of Mongolia (July 7, 1950) 120Telegram to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (July 18, 1950) 120Letter to Wu Qirui (July 19, 1950) 121Telegram to the Republic of Poland (July 21, 1950) 123Contents ixTelegram to the Transvaal Indian Congress (July 26, 1950) 123Reply to Ambassador of the Union of Burma (August 7, 1950) 124Letter to Su Yu (August 8, 1950) 125Telegram to the People's Government of Qinghai on the Death ofVice-chairman Ma Po (August 11, 1950) 125Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 14, 1950) 126Telegram to the Republic of Indonesia (August 16, 1950) 126Letter to Xu Haidong (August 20, 1950) 127Telegram to the People's Republic of Romania (August 21, 1950) 128Speech at Banquet Commemorating the Liberation of Romania (Excerpt)(August 23, 1950) 128Letter to Xu Beihong (August 26, 1950) 129Letter to Chen Jisheng (August 29, 1950) 129Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (August 29, 1950) 130Inscription for the First National Conference on Health Care (August 1950) 131Telegram to the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 6, 1950) 131Letter to Chen Yu (September 11, 1950) 132Telegram to the South African Indian Congress (September 13, 1950) 132Letter to Zhang Wei (September 19, 1950) 133Telegram to the Communist Party of Great Britain (September 24, 1950) 134Inscription for the National Conference of Representatives of Combat Heroes(September 25, 1950) 135Address at the Opening Session of the National Congress of Combat Heroes andthe National Congress of Worker-Peasant-Soldier Model Laborers(September 25, 1950) 135Comments on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(September 27, 1950) 136Reply to Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 30, 1950) 137Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 4, 1950) 138Inscription on the Unity of the Chinese and Soviet Peoples (October 5, 1950) 138Inscription for Display of the PLA (October 8, 1950 R) 139Orders for the Chinese People's Volunteers (Excerpts) (October 8, 1950) 139Letter to Wang Shoudao (October 11, 1950) 141Telegram to the Republic of Czechoslovakia (October 26, 1950) 142Telegram to Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden on the Death of King Gustaf V(October 31, 1950) 142In Response to Liu Yazi: A Poem (October 1950) 143Telegram to the USSR (November 5, 1950) 144x ContentsTelegram to Harry Pollitt (November 20, 1950) 144Letter to Hu Qiaomu (November 22, 1950) 145Telegram to the People's Republic of Albania (November 26, 1950) 147Comment on Hearing of Mao Anying's Death (November 1950) 147Letter to Huang Niantian (December 2, 1950) 148Telegram to Participants of Demonstration in Tianjin (December 2, 1950) 149Inscription for the Air Force (December 15, 1950 R) 150Letter to Chen Shutong (December 18, 1950) 151Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(December 19, 1950) 152Telegram to the Communist Party of France (December 23, 1950) 152Inscription for the First Normal School of Hunan (December 29, 1950) 154Letter to Zhou Shizhao (December 29, 1950) 154Telegram to the People's Republic of Romania (December 29, 1950) 155Comment on "A Summary of the Relationship between the VariousDepartments of the Military and the Soviet Advisors" (January 1, 1951) 157Telegram to the Union of Burma (January 2, 1951) 158Telegram to Wilhelm Pieck (January 2, 1951) 158Letter to Rao Shushi and Chen Pixian (January 10, 1951) 159Letter to Xu Beihong (January 14, 1951) 160Letter to Li Sian (January 14, 1951) 161Letter to Ma Xulun (January 15, 1951) 161Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(January 17, 1951) 162Directive to the Chinese People's Volunteers (January 19, 1951) 163Letter to Zhang Lan (January 22, 1951) 164Telegram to the Communist Party of Italy (January 22, 1951) 165Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(January 24, 1951) 165Telegram to the Republic of India (January 24, 1951) 166Toast at a Reception Given by Ambassador of India (January 26, 1951) 166Telegram to the USSR (February 12, 1951) 167Letter to Huang Yanpei (February 17, 1951) 168Main Points of Resolution at a Political Bureau Meeting (February 18, 1951) 169Telegram to the USSR (February 21, 1951) 174Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(February 28, 1951) 175Inscription for Woman's Day (March 8, 1951) 175Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(March 9, 1951) 176Contents xiLetter to Rao Shushi and Others (March 18, 1951) 176Comments on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(March 24, 1951) 178Letter to Li Da (March 27, 1951) 179Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(March 30, 1951) 180Comments on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(March 30, 1951) 181Letter to Peng Yousheng (March 31, 1951) 181Directive on the Problem of Cultivating Cadres (March 1951) 182Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(April 2, 1951) 183Letter to Li Weihan (April 9, 1951) 184Letter to Situ Meitang (April 27, 1951) 185Letter to Chen Wenxin (April 29, 1951) 187Letter to Zhang Zhizhong (May 5, 1951) 187Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(May 8, 1951) 188Directive on the Huai River (May 9, 1951) 191Resolutions of the Third National Conference on Public Security(May 15, 1951) 191Comment on the "Report of the Secretary's Office on the Handling of Lettersfrom the Masses" (May 16, 1951) 195Attention Must Be Paid to the Discussions of the Film The Life of KU Xun(May 20, 1951) 196Speech on the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet(May 24, 1951) 201Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(June 15, 1951) 202Letter to Li Zhuchen (June 23, 1951) 203Inscription on the Unity of Nationalities (June 29, 1951 R) 204Letter to Huang Yanpei (July 15, 1951) 204Letter to Zhang Yuanji (July 30, 1951) 205Inscription for the People of the Old Revolutionary Bases (August 5, 1951 R) 206Telegram to the Dominion of Pakistan (August 14, 1951) 207Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 14, 1951) 207Telegram to the Republic of Indonesia (August 14, 1951) 208Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (September 1, 1951) 208Telegram to the USSR (September 2, 1951) 209Telegram to the People's Republic of Bulgaria (September 7, 1951) 210Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(September 10, 1951) 210xii ContentsLetter to Party Committee of Shijingshan Iron and Steel Works(September 12, 1951) 211Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(September 18, 1951) 211Letter to Deng Zihui (September 25, 1951) 212Reply to Ambassador of the Union of Burma (September 27, 1951) 213Comment on Suppressing and Liquidating Counterrevolutionaries(October 1, 1951) 214Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 6, 1951) 214Letter to Chen Shutong (October 14, 1951) 215Telegram to the USSR (October 15, 1951) 216Opening Speech of the Third Meeting of the First National Committee ofthe CPPCC (October 23, 1951) 216Telegram to the Dalai Lama (October 26, 1951) 221Inscription for the Cultural Work Team of the Special District PartyCommittee of Chu xian (October 1951 R) 222Closing Speech of the Third Meeting of the First National Committee ofthe CPPCC (November 1, 1951) 222Telegram to the USSR (November 5, 1951) 223Telegram to Gheorghiu-Dej (November 7, 1951) 224Reply to Ambassador of Pakistan (November 12, 1951) 224Letter to Zheng Zhenduo (December 3, 1951) 225Letter to Dong Biwu (December 4, 1951) 226Letter to Mao Zelian and Mao Yuanti (December 11, 1951) 227Telegram to the Northwest Nationalities' People's Representatives' Conferencefor Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding Korea (December 12, 1951) 228Telegram to Panchen Gnoertehni (December 13, 1951) 229Letter to Liu Shaoqi (December 15, 1951) 230Take Mutual Aid and Cooperativization of Agriculture as a Major Task(December 15, 1951) 232Letter to Chen Yuying (December 23, 1951) 233Telegram to William Gallacher (December 24, 1951) 233Conversation with Zhou Shizhao (December 1951) 234Comment Written on a Letter from Students of ChinesePeople's University (1951) 234Directive on Language Reform (1951) 235On the "Three-Anti's" and "Five-Anti's" Struggles(November 1951-March 1952) 235New Year's Day Message (January 1, 1952) 243Telegram to the Union of Burma (January 2, 1952) 244Telegram to the Republic of India (January 24, 1952) 245Contents xiiiTelegram to the People's Republic of Mongolia (January 27, 1952) 245Telegram to the Democratic Republic of VietNam (February 4, 1952) 246Telegram to the USSR (February 11, 1952) 24 7Imperialism's Plan for Aggression Is Bound to Be Smashed (February 14, 1952) 248Telegram to the USSR (February 21, 1952) 248Decree to a Division of the Xinjiang Construction Battalion (February 1952) 249Telegram to Matyas Rilkosi (March 7, 1952) 249Letter to Cheng Qian (March 11, 1952) 250Instruction to Huang Yanpei (March 15, 1952) 251Reply to Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(March 18, 1952) 252Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Czechoslovakia (March 18, 1952) 253Conversation with Zhai Zuojun [Excerpt] (Spring 1952) 254Directive of the CPC Central Committee on Work in Tibet (April 6, 1952) 254Telegram to Sa Zhenbing's Family (April 12, 1952) 259Telegram to Boleslaw Bierut (April 16, 1952) 259Telegram to Rajendra Prasad (May 11, 1952) 260Letter to Tan Kah-Kee (May 16, 1952) 261Inscription for Workers on Jing River Flood Control Project (May 19, 1952) 262Telegram to the Dalai Lama and Panchen Gnoertehni (May 23, 1952) 262Letter to Ye Gongzuo (May 25, 1952) 263The Contradiction Between the Working Class and the Bourgeoisie Is thePrincipal Contradiction in the Country (June 6, 1952) 265Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of Poland (June 9, 1952) 265Reply to Minister of the Republic of Finland (June 9, 1952) 266Inscription on Physical Culture and Sports (June 10, 1952) 267Letter to Huang Yanpei (June 10, 1952) 268Letter to Zhou Enlai (June 14, 1952) 269Inscription on Inauguration of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway(July 1, 1952 R) 270Letter to Zhang Youcheng (July 7, 1952) 270Telegram to the German Socialist Unity Party (July 8, 1952) 271Address to the First Graduating Class of the Military Academy (July 10, 1952) 272Inscription on the Monument to the People's Heroes (August 3, 1952 R) 274Unite and Clearly Draw the Line Between the Enemy and Ourselves(August 4, 1952) 274Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (August 13, 1952) 279Letter to Chen Yi (August 15, 1952) 280Letter to Li Shuqing (August 23, 1952) 280xiv ContentsLetter to Uighur Peasants of Xinjiang (August 30, 1952) 281Telegram to the USSR (September 2, 1952) 282Letter to Huang Yanpei (September 5, 1952) 283Letter to Comrade Li Da (September 17, 1952) 285Inscription on the Arts (September 26, 1952) 286Reply to Ambassador of the Republic of India (September 26, 1952) 287Inscription for Inauguration of the Tianshui-Lanzhou Railway(September 28, 1952) 287Toast on Third Anniversary of Founding of the PRC (September 30, 1952) 288Letter to Mao Yuju (October 2, 1952) 289Telegram to the Peace Conference of the Asian and Pacific Region(October 2, 1952) 290Letter to Qi Baishi (October 5, 1952) 290Telegram to the German Democratic Republic (October 5, 1952) 291Talk with Tibetan Delegates (Excerpts) (October 8, 1952) 292Letter to Song Qingling (October 10, 1952) 294Letter to Tan Zhenlin (October 15, 1952) 295Letter to Li Shuqing (October 16, 1952) 296Letter to Luo Yuankun (October 22, 1952) 297Congratulations on the Victory of the Chinese People's Volunteers(October 24, 1952) 298Telegram to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (October 28, 1952) 299Conversation During an Inspection Tour of the Flood Prevention Works on theYellow River [Excerpts] (October 29-31, 1952) 300Telegram to the USSR (November 3, 1952) 302Inscription on Inauguration of the Kangding-Changdu Section of theXikang-Tibet Highway (November 19, 1952) 303Reply to Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden (December 3, 1952) 304Inscription Concerning Public Health Work (December 8, 1952) 304Letter to the Anshan Iron and Steel Works (December 14, 1952) 305Reply to Ambassador of the Soviet Union (December 15, 1952) 306Letter to Yi Nanping (December 21, 1952) 307Reply to the Ambassador of the People's Republic of Romania(December 29, 1952) 308Telegram to the USSR on the Transfer of the Chinese Changchun Railway(December 31, 1952) 309Instruction on the Arts (De