To Zhu De and Others[1]

(October 2, 1936)

At present, the people throughout the country are filled with indignation and are demanding that Nanjing resist Japan. The debate between the pro-Japanese and anti-Japanese factions in Nanjing remains unresolved, and new incidents are brewing and evolving.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Peng Dehuai to Zhu De, Zhang Guotao, Xu Xiangqian, and Chen Changhao.