Letter to Hu Qiaomu[1]

(August 1946)

Please write an editorial calling on the army and people of the Liberated Areas to rise up and smash the reactionaries' offensive. Such an editorial is urgently needed at present to facilitate open mobilization.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's letter to Hu Qiaomu. The editorial drafted by Hu Qiaomu in accordance with Mao Zedong's instructions, "People of All Liberated Areas, Mobilize to Smash Chiang Kai-shek's Offensive!", was published in *Liberation Daily* on August 16.