Telegram Regarding the Reception of the Anti-Japanese War Literary and Artistic Work Group [1]
(May 19, 1938)
To All Political Departments:
The Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region Cultural Salvation Association has dispatched a contingent of the Anti-Japanese War Literary and Artistic Work Group, consisting of five members led by Liu Baiyu. They will accompany U.S. Counselor Carlson, traveling via Yulin and Northwestern Shanxi to various war zones to conduct investigations, gather materials, and establish a communications network. Please arrange for their reception and provide them with all necessary assistance.

Mao Tan
Hao [4]
[1] This is a telegram sent by Mao Zedong and Tan Zheng, Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the CPC Central Military Commission, to the political departments of various organs and units in the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region and the Jin-Sui Military Region.
[2] The Anti-Japanese War Literary and Artistic Work Group was established in mid-May 1938 under the leadership of the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region Cultural Salvation Association and the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army. Its tasks included collecting materials from the front lines, reflecting life at the front, promoting the literary and artistic movement, and establishing literary and artistic organizations. The group subsequently sent out six contingents to different regions to carry out its work.
[3] Liu Baiyu (1916–2005), a writer from Beijing, served as the leader of the first contingent of the Anti-Japanese War Literary and Artistic Work Group at that time.
[4] “Hao” refers to the 19th day. In telegrams, poetic rhyme tables were often used to denote dates. The “Hao” rhyme corresponds to the 19th group, thus indicating the 19th day.