To Zheng Weisan and Li Xiannian[1]

(July 8, 1946)

It is hoped that you will not only survive, but also develop, and tie down large numbers of enemy troops for the sake of the overall situation, which is of tremendous strategic significance.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Zheng Weisan and Li Xiannian.