Reply to Ye Jianying’s Telegram[1]

(March 26, 1937)

Regarding the national tomb-sweeping, our side has decided to send Lin Boqu to participate and to meet with Zhang Ji.[2] Please inquire about the ceremonial protocol and the date, and inform us.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong’s telegram in reply to Ye Jianying.

[2] Zhang Ji, a veteran member of the Kuomintang, was then serving as Vice President of the Judicial Yuan of the Nationalist government.