To Wang Shiying[1]

(November 28, 1940)

Division Commander Zhong of the 61st Division has already sought instructions from Hu Zongnan on how to deal with your office and radio station, and may cause harm to your establishment. You should, after obtaining Yan Xishan’s consent, move to a location near Kenanpo. Explain to Yan Xishan, Yang Aiyuan[2], and Zhao Chengshou that the Kuomintang’s anti-communism is a suicidal policy, and that we hope the Jin-Sui Army will adopt a neutral stance, with both sides maintaining friendly relations.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Zhu De to Wang Shiying.

[2] Yang Aiyuan was then Deputy Commander of the Second War Zone of the Kuomintang Army and concurrently Commander-in-Chief of the Sixth Group Army.