Telegram to He Long, Guan Xiangying, and Others[1]

(April 10, 1941)

He Yingqin has arrived in Xi’an to arrange military operations for “suppressing the Communists.” The four divisions of Li Wen’s forces stationed in Yichuan, Luochuan, Yijun, and Yaoxian appear to have the intention of preparing to attack the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. If they attack, it may be a sudden assault on the two points of Yan’an and Fuxian. You should make preparations and be ready to draw five regiments to be used for the defense of Yan’an when Hu Zongnan attacks Yan’an.

[1] This is the main content of the telegram sent by Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Wang Jiaxiang, and Ye Jianying to He Long, Guan Xiangying, and others.