Telegram to Nie Rongzhen and Others
(March 8, 1940)

[1]
Nie, Peng, Shu:
Agree to establish the Fifth Military Sub-district with Deng Hua as commander, to develop work in southern Chahar and northern Yanbei. Agree to Chen Manyuan going to western Beiping to serve as director of the Political Department of the Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Advance Army.

Mao, Wang, Tan
March 8

[1] This is a telegram from Mao Zedong, Wang Jiaxiang, and Tan Zheng to Nie Rongzhen, Peng Zhen, Shu Tong, and others.
[2] Chen Manyuan (1911–1986), a native of Mengshan, Guangxi, formerly served as commander of the Third Military Sub-district of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.