To Comrade Dong Biwu[1]

(November 19, 1940)

Elder Dong:

The claim that He Long’s division of three thousand men is moving south is entirely a fabrication. According to reports from the Guanzhong region, various units under Hu Zongnan, using the southward movement of He Long’s division as a pretext, are advancing one after another into the Guanzhong area and are about to launch a large-scale offensive. Please go immediately to see Xiong Bin, Hu Zongnan, and Jiang Dingwen, and demand that they cease the offensive. Otherwise, a major conflict will be provoked, which will be detrimental to both sides.

Mao, Zhu, Wang

The 19th

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang to Dong Biwu concerning the Kuomintang’s preparations for a large-scale offensive.