Telegram to Zhou Enlai1
(November 3, 1945, 11:00 P.M.)
In the Handan Campaign, we captured the deputy commander-in-chief of the
Eleventh War Zone, Ma Fawu, who was also commander of the Fortieth Army;
Chief-of-Staff of the Eleventh War Zone Song Kentang [1899–1992, born in
Jinxian, Hebei]; Commander of the Thirty-ninth Division of the Fortieth Army
Si Guangkai (sic.) [Si Yuankai, born in Zhili, present-day Hebei]; Commander
of the 106th Division Li Zhenqing [1901–1976, born in Linqing, Shandong];
Commander of the Thirtieth Division of the Thirtieth Army Wang Zhen [1902–
1945, born in Renqiu, Hebei]; Commander of the Sixty-seventh Division Li
Xuezheng [1902–1951, born in Lingbao, Henan]; and other senior officers. We
have already ordered that the front give them preferential treatment.
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong junshi wenxuan. Neibuben, p. 383.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-71