To Ye Ting and Xiang Ying from Mao Zedong,
Zhu De, and Wang Jiaxiang About
How the New Fourth Army Must Move
Immediately in Groups

(December 24, 1940)

Start moving in groups immediately; otherwise, once the battles begin, the noncombatant personnel and supplies will certainly be dispersed.

Our source for this text is Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 6, p. 227, where it is reproduced
from Wannan shibian. The date has been corrected on the basis of Nianpu, Vol. 2, p. 228.