Telegram to Peng Dehuai [1]

(May 26, 1941)

For the first time in nine months, the Central News Agency has broadcast our army’s battle achievements, saying, according to a Luoyang dispatch, that our army has cut off the Zhengding–Taiyuan Railway and made train passage impossible, etc. This shows that Wei’s headquarters has already played a role. I hope you will report more battle achievements on the Zhengding–Taiyuan and Beiping–Hankou railways to Wei and Chiang.

In reply to the Kuomintang’s rumor-mongering and slander, the Xinhua News Agency has already counterattacked (turning the tables on them). When the Kuomintang’s tone improves, we will also ease up on this.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong’s telegram to Peng Dehuai.