Resolutely Attack Reactionaries and
Win Over Those Who Are Relatively
Good1
(February 11, 1945)
Resolutely attack reactionaries and win over those who are relatively good. When
you attack, attack one unit first before attacking other units. In a campaign,
concentrate all your strength to surround and destroy the enemy. This kind of
policy was very effective in western Henan. Central Henan should imitate it. This
telegram should be forwarded to Pi [Dingjun], Xu [Zirong], Wang [Shusheng],
and Dai [Jiying]2 for reference.
The Military Commission
Notes
Our source for this document is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 2, pp. 755–56, where it is reproduced from
Mao Zedong’s handwritten manuscript preserved in the Central Archives.
1. This is the instruction that Mao Zedong added to a telegram from Liu Zijiu, the deputy secretary of the
Henan Region Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the deputy commissar of the Henan Military
District, and from Han Jun, the commander-in-chief of the Second Military District of the Henan Military
District. This document was also transmitted to the Northern Bureau of the Party Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party.
2. For Pi Dingjun, Xu Zirong, Wang Shusheng, and Dai Jiying, see below, note 3 of the following text

“Wipe Out Diehards and Puppets,” February 11, 1945.