Chairman Mao: Now in our relations with Japan, we haven't asked them for
indemnity and that would add to the burden of the people. It would be
difficult to calculate all the indemnity. No accountant would be able to do
it.
And only in this way can we move from hostility to relaxation in relations
between peoples. And it will be more difficult to settle relations of
hostility between the Japanese and Chinese peoples than between us and you. http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v18/d12
