Begin Moving in Batches Immediately[1]

(November 24, 1940)

Ye, Xiang:

Begin moving in batches immediately, otherwise once fighting occurs, non-combat personnel and materials will inevitably be scattered and lost.

Mao Zhu Wang

The 24th

[1] This is a directive from Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang to Ye Ting, Commander of the New Fourth Army, and Xiang Ying, Deputy Commander of the New Fourth Army.