Telegram to the Northeast Bureau[1]

(October 31, 1945)

It is decided to appoint Lin Biao as Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast People’s Self-Defense Army, Lü Zhengcao as First Deputy Commander, Li Yunchang as Second Deputy Commander, Xiao Jinguang as Third Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, Peng Zhen as First Political Commissar, Luo Ronghuan as Second Political Commissar, and Cheng Zihua as Deputy Political Commissar.

[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.