To Peng Xuefeng[1]

(April 17, 1941)

Under the slogans of persisting in unity, persisting in the War of Resistance, and opposing Chinese fighting Chinese, the regiment of Chen Ruiting[2] has staged a glorious uprising. After the uprising, it shall be treated in accordance with the status of peripheral army.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Wang Jiaxiang, and Ye Jianying to Peng Xuefeng.

[2] Chen Ruiting, then commander of the 425th Regiment, 142nd Division, 92nd Army of the Kuomintang forces, led his unit in an uprising on April 19, 1941.