Hasten to Send People to Shanghai and Other
Places to Establish Newspapers1
 (September 14, 1945)
To the Central Committee, and for transmission to Zhang [Yunyi], Rao [Shushi],
Li [Xiannian], and Lin Ping2
	 1.	 The Shanghai Xinhua ribao and other daily newspapers published in the name
of the masses in places such as Nanjing, Wuhan, and Hong Kong should be
published as soon as possible. According to the laws of the Guomindang, we
can publish first and then register. The earlier the better, the later the worse.
	 2.	 Fan Changjiang, Qian Junrui, A Ying, Mei Yu,3 and any other people in
Central China who can work openly in places such as Shanghai should go
there quickly. In addition to the daily newspapers, other newspapers, magazines, news agencies, bookstores, printing houses, theaters, cinemas, schools,
factories, and all such places need people. Those who are nearby should first
go straight to Shanghai, where their work will be of the greatest significance
in the coming time of peace and of even greater significance than at present
in the Central China Liberated Area. We must resolutely make the greatest
effort to carry this out.
	 3.	 Report to us in a timely fashion by telegram on the progress of the work to
facilitate coordination.
Mao [Zedong], Zhou [Enlai]
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong wenji, Vol. 4, pp. 23–24, where it is reproduced
from the original manuscript preserved in the Central Archives.

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1.  Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai sent this telegram while they were in Chongqing for
the negotiations.

2.  Zhang Yunyi was deputy commander of the New Fourth Army. Rao Shushi was acting secretary of the Central China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and political commissar of the New Fourth Army. Li Xiannian was political
commissar and commander of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army. Lin Ping (1908–
1984, born in Xingguo, Jiangxi) was Party secretary of the Guangdong region.

3.  Fan Changjiang (1909–1970) was editor of the Central China Xinhua ribao and of Central China’s Xinhua publications. Qian Junrui (1908–1985) was director of the New Fourth
Army’s Political Propaganda Department. A Ying (born Qian Xingcun, 1900–1977) was an
author and member of the Standing Committee of the Central China Literary Cooperative.
Mei Yu, aka Mei Yi, 1913–2003, was Party secretary of the Shanghai Cultural Committee.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-35