We should do our utmost to win over the troops of Yu Xuezhong of the Northeastern Army[1]

(November 25, 1940)

We should do our utmost to win over the troops of Yu Xuezhong of the Northeastern Army. In response to minor frictions carried out by Yu Xuezhong’s troops, we should exercise a degree of forbearance in our actions.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang to Xu Xiangqian, Zhu Rui, and Chen Guang and Luo Ronghuan concerning winning over the troops of Yu Xuezhong of the Northeastern Army.