To Nie Rongzhen and Liu Lantao

(May 21, 1946)

It is imperative to link the task of mobilizing the masses to resolve the land problem with the task of suppressing bandits; only thus can the goal of eradicating banditry be achieved. It is hoped that a general order will be issued to the entire army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei-Rehe-Liaoning region to assist local Party and government authorities in mobilizing the people and resolving the land problem. This is of the utmost importance.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Nie Rongzhen and Liu Lantao.