Telegram in Reply to Peng Dehuai and Others on the Question of Reinforcing the Western Route Army[1]

(February 22, 1937)

The final decision on reinforcing the Western Route Army has not yet been made, but the time has come for serious consideration, because the Western Route Army has already reached a moment of extreme danger, and if this army fails, the repercussions will be very great.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram in reply to Peng Dehuai, Ren Bishi, and Zhou Enlai, with Liu Bocheng also informed, on the question of reinforcing the Western Route Army.