To Li Xiannian, Wen Jianwu, Ren Zhibin, and Others[1]

(August 25, 1946)

When you resolve the clothing issue, it is not necessary to make all uniforms military attire. It would be best to wear civilian clothes so as to blend in with the masses and present a smaller target.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, addressed to Li Xiannian, Wen Jianwu, Ren Zhibin, as well as Wang Shusheng, Liu Zijiu, Luo Houfu, and Wen Minsheng. At the time, Wang Shusheng, Liu Zijiu, Luo Houfu, and Wen Minsheng were respectively serving as Commander and Political Commissar, First Deputy Political Commissar, Second Deputy Commander, and Second Deputy Political Commissar of the Hubei-Henan Military Region.