To Zhou Zijian[1]

(July 13, 1943)

Chiang and Hu are secretly moving troops and preparing to attack. The intelligence you have obtained is entirely correct and has greatly assisted the Central Committee. Now that we have exposed it, it has already prompted intervention by the ambassadors of various countries, and we are also actively preparing to meet the attack. As a result, Chiang has been forced to change his plan on the 10th. In order to smash the Kuomintang’s shameless anti-communist propaganda, you should still secretly distribute the open telegram from the Yan’an mass rally to all sectors of society and must not stop its distribution.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong’s telegram to Zhou Zijian.