A. According to reports from Ye and Xiang: Commander Ye and a contingent of cadres are preparing to cross the Yangtze River; your unit is required to make thorough arrangements along the riverbank.  B. Communications have been severed, and it is impossible to dispatch personnel from Yan’an at this time. It will only be feasible to send a group via northern China after the Seventh National Congress. The Central Committee has already instructed the North China Bureau to select and dispatch cadres to move south.  C. The terms of negotiations with Han should not be unduly stringent, and the interests of Li’s and Chen’s units must be respected. The Xinghua and Gaoyou areas should be retained for Han; our forces should halt beyond these two regions. A general ceasefire should be established throughout northern Jiangsu, with the aim of reaching a compromise to consolidate our existing positions. O().