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September 10, 1958

Telegram, Mao Zedong to Ho Chi Minh

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Comrade Chairman Ho [Chi Minh]:

 

Your letter of 8 September [1958] has been received.  Thank you.

 

I believe that: (1) the Americans are afraid of fighting a war.  As far as the current situation is concerned, it is highly unlikely that a big war will break out; and (2) it seems to me that the business in your country should go on as usual.

 

Mao Zedong

10 September 1958

 

[...]

Mao informs Ho Chi Minh that he should not be concerned by the Chinese bombardment of Jinmen Island, as "the Americans are afraid of fighting a war."

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Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi, ed., Jianguo yilai Mao Zedong wengao (Mao Zedong’s Manuscripts since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China), vol. 7 (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 1992), 413.

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