To Ye Jianying and Yang Lisan[1]

(February 8, 1936)

Concentrate the skin rafts and boatmen in Jianying’s hands on the 11th. Lisan and the army service station organize and prepare to move on the 13th and 14th.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong’s telegram to Ye Jianying and Yang Lisan at 23:00 on February 8, 1936.