Telegram to the Northeast Bureau[1]

(October 28, 1945)

Chiang has already deployed 800,000 troops to attack our North China and Central China and is preparing to attack the Northeast. Our Party is determined to mobilize all forces, control the Northeast, defend North China and Central China, smash his offensive within six months, and then open negotiations with Chiang, compelling him to recognize the autonomous status of North China and the Northeast. Only then will it be possible to transition to a peaceful situation; otherwise, peace is impossible.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the Northeast Bureau.