Serious Representations Should Be
Made to the Guomindang Authorities

(January 13, 1941)

The six regiments under the command of Xiyi's [Ye Ting's] headquarters are still
being besieged in the area of Maolin south of Jingxian and have not yet come out.
They are now running out of ammunition and food supplies, in an extremely dangerous situation, and it is possible that the entire force will be annihilated. Although two of Fu Qiutao's regiments have broken out and reached the hilly areas
in Ningguo, they have not yet broken out of the larger lines of encirclement. Please
make serious representations to Chongqing that we are appealing to the whole
nation for support and so on. Please make the most serious representation to the
authorities that if their encirclement is not lifted immediately we shall send troops
in reinforcement right away, and that responsibility for this split falls on their shoulders. Please distribute without delay the circular telegram we issued today.

Our source for this text is Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 6, p. 261, where it is reproduced
from Wannan shibian.
1. Fu Qiutao (1907-1981) was at the time commander and political commissar of the
new organized First Detachment of the New Fourth Army's General Instruction Unit.

Our source for this text is Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 6, p. 263, where it is reproduced
from Wannan shibian.