To Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping and Others[1]

(July 16, 1946)

Please consider whether the time has now arrived for the two armies in Southern Shandong and the Taihang Mountains to commence operations, how the preparations of the two armies stand, and whether the nine regiments originally designated for the assault on the Bengbu-Pukou Railway in Central China have completed their preparations. Awaiting your report on the above points.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, addressed to Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and Song Shilun, with copies to the Central China Sub-Bureau and the Central Plains Bureau.