Reply to Lin Boqu and Others[1]

(November 2, 1937)

We are determined to persist in the War of Resistance in Shanxi. Even if Taiyuan falls, the Japanese army will not be able to rest easy, and the various Kuomintang armies will have no choice but to fight alongside our army and will not easily retreat south of the Yellow River.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram sent by Mao Zedong and Luo Fu (Zhang Wentian) in reply to Lin Boqu, with copies to Zhou Enlai, Bo Gu (Qin Bangxian), and others.