Reply to Peng Xuefeng’s Telegram[1]

(March 6, 1938)

At present the base area should still be maintained in the Shaanxi-Gansu border region, but when preparing to shift, it would be best to move to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui border region. It is hoped that work in that area will be vigorously developed.

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