Telegram to Zhou Enlai
 (October 31, 1945)
Of the three armies that entered the Handan area, Gao Shuxun of the New Eighth
Army rebelled and abandoned his post as deputy commander yesterday evening
(October 30) after seven days of bloody fighting. The entire Thirtieth and Fortieth
armies are retreating south of the Zhang River and we are engaged in pursuing
them. A detailed report will follow. Withhold from publication for now.
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong junshi wenxuan. Neibuben, p. 380; it does not
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-62

appear in Mao Zedong junshi wenji.