To Ye Jianying and Others[1]

(February 10, 1936)

(A) Politically explain the new strategy, with emphasis on the concrete policies toward prisoners of war, merchants, rich peasants, and small landlords. Report immediately on the level of understanding within the troops. (B) Prepare in large numbers cadres for future use, eliminate the practice of assigning cadres to positions below their rank, and do not use all key cadres in their current posts. Immediately expand the instruction battalions (First Army Corps).

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai to Ye Jianying, Yang Shangkun, Lin Biao, Nie Rongzhen, Zhu Rui, Xu Haidong, Cheng Zihua, and Guo Shushen.