Circular Order on the Command Authority of the Various Units of the Red Army[1]

(August 1, 1936)

It is ordered that the Red Army University and the General Political Department be directly under the command of Mao Zedong; all directly subordinate independent units of the Red 29th Army and the Red 30th Army, the military departments of all provinces, all departments of the Military Commission, and all rear-area organs shall all be under the command of Zhou Enlai. Lin Biao, President of the Anti-Japanese Red Army University, is appointed concurrently as Garrison Commander of Bao'an City.

[1] This circular order was signed by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Peng Dehuai.