To Peng Dehuai and Others[1]

(January 21, 1942)

Japan is putting out feelers in Manchuria about a northward advance. If Singapore cannot be held, the danger exists that the Japanese army will coordinate with Hitler to attack the Soviet Union.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram from Mao Zedong and Zhu De to Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan, Nie Rongzhen, He Long, and Guan Xiangying.