We have received a report from [Zhou] Enlai that says: "Once on the 12th and
once on the 13th Chiang [Kaishek] sent a telegraphic order to Gu Zhutong to lift
the siege and approved the move to southern Jiangsu," and so on. You are being
specially informed of this matter. It is hoped that you can hold firm for another two
or three days, and a way out will be found.

Our source for this text is *Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan*, Vol. 6, p. 271, where it is reproduced
from *Wannan shibian*.