To Lin Boqu and Dong Biwu[1]

(September 18, 1944)

I have heard that the five gentlemen have decided to come to Yan’an. I extend a warm welcome and earnestly pray that you will set out at your earliest convenience.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong’s telegram to Lin Boqu and Dong Biwu, to be forwarded to the five members of the People’s Political Council: Hu Zhengzhi, Wang Yunwu, Leng Yu, Fu Sinian, and Tao Menghe.