To Peng Dehuai and Others[1]

(October 13, 1936)

We fully agree with Comrade Xiaoping's letter of September 23 and the resolution of the Party Affairs Committee of the First Army Corps. We hope you will adhere to this policy, go deep among the cadres, fundamentally transform the work style, develop ideological struggle, educate the cadres, and greatly raise the political, military, and cultural levels of the cadres. This is the decisive link in carrying out all political and military tasks.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Yang Shangkun to Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan, Nie Rongzhen, Zhu Rui, and Deng Xiaoping.