Increase Troop Strength, Completely Control
the Lüliang Region
 (June 4, 1946)
To Chen [Geng] and Xie [Fuzhi], and for the information of Liu [Bocheng] and
Deng [Xiaoping], He [Long] and Li [Jingquan]:1
According to He and Li’s telegram, troop strength in Lüliang is weak. When
passing through Lüliang, Chen Geng stated that troops could be moved from
Taiyue to strengthen Lüliang. Responsibility for investigating whether Lüliang
can serve as a connecting hub for Taiyue and Shan[xi]-Gan[su]-Ning[xia], and
whether there is a need to increase troop strength and to control this area completely has been delegated to Chen [Geng] and Xie [Fuzhi]. We expect you to
inform us by telegram about deployments for your overall plan.
The Military Commission
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 3, p. 252, 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 Military Commission.
Chen Geng was commander and Xie Fuzhi (1909–1972, born in Hong’an county, Hubei)
was political commissar, respectively, of the Fourth Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army. Liu Bocheng was commander and Deng Xiaoping was political
commissar, respectively, of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. He Long
and Li Jingquan were commander and political commissar, respectively, of the ShanxiSuiyuan Military Region.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-168