Quickly Dispatch Troops to Seize the Opportunity to Occupy Jinxi[1]

(May 13, 1946)

Xiao, Cheng, and forward immediately to Zhan Caifang:

Confirmed information indicates that the 89th Division stationed at Jinxi is currently advancing toward Chaoyang and Lingyuan, leaving Jinxi undefended. It is hoped that you will quickly dispatch a capable force (for instance, one brigade) to advance toward Jinxi, seize the opportunity to occupy it, and destroy the railway along the Jinzhou-Xingcheng line, mobilize the masses, and coordinate with operations on all fronts.

Military Commission

Chen Yuan

[1] This is a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, addressed to Xiao Ke, Commander of the Ji-Re-Liao Military Region, and Political Commissar Cheng Zihua, to be forwarded immediately to Zhan Caifang, Commander of the Ji-Dong Military Region.