Telegram to Zhou Enlai[1]

(April 9, 1941)

According to reports from various sources, there is a possibility that Chiang Kai-shek may deploy troops from the north to exert pressure on us. Please lodge a protest with Chiang on the one hand, and on the other hand tell Liu Fei that Yanchi is our lifeline for supplies, and if it is occupied, we will have no choice but to fight Chiang to the death.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram to Zhou Enlai.