Telegram to Peng Dehuai, Secretary of
the Chinese Communist Party Northern
Bureau and Deputy Commander of the
Eighth Route Army
(November 17, 1942)
Comrade Dehuai,
1. It is imperative to send large numbers of cadres to the rear areas for
protection. Despite economic difficulties in the rear areas, cadre regiments can be
organized there to implement the policy of cultivating the land themselves1 and
to distribute them among the rear troops as assistants to the leadership, while
another portion of them may attend military schools or Party schools.
2. Where is Comrade Hu Fu2 now? Please write and tell me whether he is still
at headquarters and whether he had any problems passing the enemy’s blockade
line.
Mao Zedong