Telegram to Zhou Enlai[1]

(June 9, 1943)

(1) Return to Yan’an promptly without delay; (2) It is hoped that you will bring Kong Yuan[2] back to Yan’an, leaving Shao Wen[3] as Dong’s[4] assistant.

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[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Zhou Enlai.

[2] Kong Yuan, then serving as Head of the Organization Department of the Southern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

[3] Shao Wen, i.e., Liu Shaowen, then serving as Head of the Intelligence Department of the Southern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

[4] Dong, refers to Dong Biwu, then serving as Deputy Secretary of the Southern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (acting as Secretary during Zhou Enlai’s return to Yan’an) and concurrently Head of the Propaganda Department and the United Front Work Department.