Letter from Mao Zedong to UK politician to go for auction
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Mao's original words were translated by James Bertram, a New Zealand-born British journalist who had been given an audience with Mao after helping smuggle the wife of one of Mao's colleagues across Japanese lines to Yan'an.
Britain joined the war against Japan in 1941 after the Japanese invaded British colonial possessions in South-East Asia.
Attlee became UK Prime Minister in 1945 and under his leadership, Britain became the first major western power to recognise the People's Republic of China on January, 1950; Attlee also became the first major western leader to meet Mao in a three-hour discussion over tea in 1954.
Historians believe Attlee played a major role in persuading US President Harry Truman not to declare all-out war on China during the Korean conflict.
Sotheby's will put the letter up for auction on 15 December, where it is expected to fetch between 100,000 and 150,000 pounds.
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