Johann Lorenz Schmidt reports on meetings with General Secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party, Luis Carlos Prestes, during which they discussed the strong Chinese influence in Cuba.
First Secretary
Berlin, 9.11.1963
Comrade
Professor Dr. Johann Lorenz Schmidt
Berlin-Adlershof
Volkswohlstraße 61
Honorable Comrade Prof. Dr. Schmidt!
I thank you for the letter from 28.10.1963, in which you reported over your conversations with Comrade Prestes. The letter contains a wealth of interesting information that is very useful for our party.
With best wishes for further successful work
signed
with socialist greetings!
/W. Ulbricht/
Ulbricht thanks Dr. Schmidt for his letter with information on the Brazilian Communist Party.
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