Mao Zedong and Zhu De’s telegram to Ye Jianying and Xiang Ying dated January 4, 1941, regarding the immediate march of the New Fourth Army in Southern Anhui to Southern Jiangsu: “Your decision to order the entire force to resolutely advance south and to set out without delay is entirely correct.”
oO The Southern Anhui Incident (Selected Materials), Central Party School Press of the CPC, 1982. Mao Zedong and Zhu De’s telegram to Ye Jianying and Xiang Ying on January 4, 1941, concerning the New Fourth Army in Southern Anhui’s immediate march to Southern Jiangsu: No. 245.