Reply to the Northeast Bureau[1]

(November 2, 1945)

Agree to Zhou Baozhong as the Fourth Deputy Commander, and Wu Xiuquan as the Second Chief of Staff. Decide to organize the North Manchuria Sub-Bureau, with Chen Yun as Secretary and Lin Feng as Deputy Secretary. The tasks are to control various areas in North Manchuria, organize the army, establish political power, mobilize the masses, suppress reactionaries, and consolidate the rear area of the Northeast.

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