Telegram to Zhou Enlai[1]

(July 5, 1941)

1. The July 7 Declaration was finalized tonight and will begin broadcasting tomorrow morning (the 6th).
2. Its main purpose is to draw Britain, the United States, and Chiang Kai-shek into opposing Germany, Japan, and Italy, but it also includes criticism of Chiang.
3. You may inform Zhang Chong of our Party’s policy of vigorously advocating unity, so as to influence their declaration.

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