Telegram to Zhou Enlai
[1]
(August 30, 1941)

The situation in the Pacific seems to remain one of delay. Japan finds both war and peace difficult. What is your observation?

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram to Zhou Enlai. On September 3, Zhou Enlai replied to Mao Zedong, stating that regarding the Pacific situation, he believed Roosevelt was adopting a policy of coaxing and delaying Japan, which was reflected in China as still a situation of delay.