Deployment for Coping with Sudden Incidents[1]

(November 27, 1940)

In order to cope with sudden incidents, it is necessary to prepare 70,000 picked troops to await orders for action. They shall be formed by selecting the best from the 120th Division, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Central Hebei Military Region, the 129th Division, and the Rear Area Garrison Corps. All preparatory work must be completed before February 1.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission and addressed to Peng Dehuai, He Long, Liu Bocheng, Nie Rongzhen, Lü Zhengcao, and others.