Keep up Efforts to Destroy the Section of the
Railway between Jinzhou and the Shanhai
Pass
 (May 3, 1946)
To Cheng [Zihua] and Xiao [Ke], and for transmission to Comrade Zhan Caifang:1
We received Zhan’s telegram of the 30th. We were very glad to learn of the
progress in destroying the railway. Major fighting is underway in the Northeast
and the months of May and June will be crucial turning points. You are expected
to make every effort to boost the morale of the troops and to continue efforts to
destroy the section of the railway between Jinzhou and the Shanhai Pass. In order
to extend the destruction of the railway to Xingcheng and Jinxian, please consider
transferring northwards a portion of the troops from two brigades. Take along a
large number of personnel to carry out local work mobilizing the broad masses
in the areas west of the Xingcheng-Jinxian railway and east of the Chaoyang
and Linyuan railways, and organize guerrilla units and establish solid base areas.
Zhan should notify us by telegram regarding the current situation in the said area.
The Central Committee
Our source for this document is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 3, pp. 202–3, where it is
reproduced from Mao’s handwritten manuscript preserved in the Central Archives.
1.  Mao Zedong drafted this telegram on behalf of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Cheng Zihua was political commissar of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Military Region, and Xiao Ke was commander of the Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning Military
Region. Zhan Caifang was commander of the Eastern Hebei Military Region.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-134