TELEGRAM, MAO ZEDONG TO HO CHI MINH

 SEPTEMBER 10, 1958

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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 business in your country should go on as usual.

Mao Zedong

10 September 1958

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