To Zhou Enlai[1]

(September 1, 1941)

If the other side seeks you out, please first discuss the release of Ye Ting and Biwu's attendance as the preliminary conditions for exchange, as well as the matter of your returning to Yan'an for the meeting.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram to Zhou Enlai on the night of September 1.