To Xiang Ying and Others\[1\]

(March 5, 1940)

With regard to Chiang Kai-shek's unreasonable orders, such as ordering the New Fourth Army's Fourth and Fifth Detachments to move south, they should all be completely ignored.

In the current stage, the tactic on the issue of the struggle between the two parties, that is, on the issue of countering friction, is offensive defense, and purely passive defense must absolutely not be adopted.

\[1\] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Xiang Ying and others.