Order Concerning the Appointment of Leaders of the First Front Army of the Red Army[1]

(November 3, 1935)

Peng Dehuai is hereby appointed commander of the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, Mao Zedong is appointed political commissar, Lin Biao is appointed commander of the First Army Corps, Nie Rongzhen is appointed political commissar, Xu Haidong is appointed commander of the Fifteenth Army Corps, and Cheng Zihua is appointed political commissar.

By this order,

Chairman Mao Zedong

Vice-Chairmen Zhou Enlai and Peng Dehuai

November 3

[1] This is Order No. 1 issued by Mao Zedong and Vice-Chairmen Zhou Enlai and Peng Dehuai of the Northwest Revolutionary Military Commission in the name of the Commission.