Telegram to Ren Bishi and Others[1]

(March 26, 1936)

Please do your utmost to persuade Guotao that the plan to move north is advantageous, whereas advancing westward will result in being confined to a corner of Qinghai, making subsequent operations difficult and hindering the Ningxia plan.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong, Lin Yuying (Zhang Hao), Luo Fu (Zhang Wentian), Zhou Enlai, Wang Jiaxiang, and Bo Gu (Qin Bangxian) to Ren Bishi, He Long, and Liu Bocheng.