To Lin Biao[1]

(August 10, 1946)

Our army in the Northeast may still have two months or more to engage in rest and consolidation, bandit suppression, and mass work. During this period, we may boldly disperse our forces to facilitate the work.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram to Lin Biao drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, regarding the developing situation of the war to smash the offensive by Chiang Kai-shek's army inside the Shanhai Pass.