Mobilize the People in the Cities for Uprisings
to Coordinate with Our Army in Capturing the Cities[1]
(August 20, 1945)

For Beiping, Tianjin, Tangshan, Baoding, and Shijiazhuang, armed uprisings by the people inside the cities should be swiftly arranged, so as to seize the opportunity to coordinate with our army attacking the cities, carry out uprisings, and capture these cities, primarily Beiping and Tianjin.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, addressed to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Sub-Bureau and circulated to all other sub-bureaus.