Main Conditions for Negotiations with Han Deqin and Others[1]

(October 23, 1940)

At present our army should concentrate in northern Jiangsu, intensify consolidation and training and expansion, and strive to consolidate the base area in northern Jiangsu.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang to the New Fourth Army concerning concentrating, consolidating, training, expanding, and consolidating the base area in northern Jiangsu.