To Zhang Dingcheng and Others[1]

(May 19, 1946)

The diehards have occupied our Xiaoxian, Xiayi, and Dingyuan. A protest should be swiftly lodged with the Executive Group.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, addressed to Zhang Dingcheng, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin, with information to Chen Yi and Zhou Enlai.