Telegram to Zhou Enlai and Others[1]

(August 1, 1937)

We propose to reply that Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, and Ye Jianying will proceed to the capital. How this is to be done, we await your reply.

[1] On August 1, Mao Zedong and others received an urgent telegram from Zhang Chong concerning Chiang Kai-shek's secret invitation to Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Zhou Enlai to fly immediately to Nanjing to discuss national defense issues. This is the main content of the telegram sent by Mao Zedong and Luo Fu (Zhang Wentian) to Zhou Enlai and others.