February 23, 1963
[Mao Zedong's] Conversation with Soviet Ambassador [Stepan] Chervonenko
同苏修大使契尔沃年科的谈话
（一九六三年二月二十三日）
（苏修大使契尔沃年科求见主席，主席称不适。因再三要求，主席着睡衣接见。）
契：听说你们要发表文章，不必要的，感到很沉重。
主席：不必要，你们为什么发表那么多文章？没有什么沉重的，不过互相论战，不过是唇枪舌箭而已。
契：请你到莫斯科去谈一谈，可以吗？
主席：我已经老了，不中用了。老而不死，破套鞋去不成了。
Chervonenko unsuccessfully attempts to engage with Mao.
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