Telegram to Deng Xiaoping, Secretary
of the Taihang Subbureau of the
Chinese Communist Party, to Pass on to
Each Comrade of the Subbureau
(August 16, 1943)
Comrade Xiaoping to pass on to each comrade of the Taihang Subbureau:
We passed on to you the telegram that the Central Committee sent to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Subbureau regarding preserving cadres, and we assume that you
have received it and read it. We hope that your area will properly deal with this
problem in accordance with the intent of this telegram in the same way. That is,
all the cadres should be divided into two groups, one composed of those who will
support the struggle, and the other of those to be kept for study. Select about 400
to 500 good senior and upper-level cadres who have a potential for achievements
in the future from directly affiliated departments, schools (Anti-Japanese
University, Party schools, and so forth), and the Taihang, Taiyue, southern Hebei,
and Hebei-Shandong-Henan regions, and send them to Yan’an to study. Promote
middle- and lower-level cadres to take their positions. Midlevel cadres as well as
those who have made mistakes and are difficult to manage in your area can also
be sent here, but they should not be counted as components of the
aforementioned group.
Secretariat of the Central Committee
Note

Note
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 7, p. 133, where it is reproduced from Zhonggong
zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi, ed., Wenxian he yanjiu, 1983 huibian ben.