To Liao Chengzhi and All Strategic Units[1]

(April 11, 1941)

According to information, He Yingqin has come to Xi'an this time to preside over a military conference on "suppressing the Communists" in the Northwest. The conference already convened on the 10th at Lintong. The central issue under discussion is the deployment for attacking the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region. The commander-in-chief for the attack on the Border Region has been decided to be Hu Zongnan, and the attack will commence after one month.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram sent by Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Wang Jiaxiang, and Ye Jianying to Liao Chengzhi and all strategic units.