To Liu Bocheng, Zhang Hao, and Others[1]

(April 20, 1937)

You should not make a prolonged halt at Dunhuang, but should rest for only two or three days if possible, and with the greatest speed obtain grain and camels and advance toward Xingxingxia.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Zhu De to Liu Bocheng and Zhang Hao, to be forwarded to the Western Route Army Working Committee.