Instructions for Work in Hebei[1]

(August 20, 1938)

A unified military and administrative system for Hebei should be rapidly established and consolidated. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Area shall remain divided into the original four sub-areas, with each sub-area having an administrative commissioner appointed by the border area government. The highest administrative organ in central Hebei shall remain the office of the border area government and its director. In southern Hebei, a Southern Hebei Administrative Office shall be established, with a director and deputy director. If an integrated military and administrative system is formed in Hebei, future difficulties and frictions will be reduced.

[1] This is the main content of the instructions by Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang on the current work in Hebei.