Telegram in Reply to Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, and Others[1]

(October 17, 1939)

How the 120th Division should be deployed is for you to decide based on the circumstances. Two months ago, we stated that the division headquarters should prepare to move to northwestern Shanxi in the future, referring to a time when the Guomindang would turn against the Communists. That time has not yet arrived, so it should not come to northwestern Shanxi.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang in reply to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai, with information sent to He Long and Guan Xiangying.