To Zhou Enlai and Lin Biao[1]

(June 15, 1943)

When do you set out? Hope you can arrive in Yan'an before July 1 to jointly discuss the "July 7" declaration. Hope you will not delay in Chengdu and Xi'an—on the one hand, seek speed; on the other, avoid suspicion.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram to Zhou Enlai and Lin Biao.