Second Edition of Volume VIII of the "Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung" compiled in 1994 by comrades from Kranti Publications, Secunderabad. This edition corrects over 1000 typographical and formatting errors. Volume VIII contains Mao's letters and telegrams from the Great Leap Forward (1958) to the Tenth Plenum of the Eight Central Committee (1962), which were not included in the Official Selected Works Volumes 1-5.