To Nie Rongzhen and Liu Lantao

(October 10, 1946)

You should first establish strong fortifications and defense lines at Zhangjiakou, and dispatch troops to hold them firmly.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Nie Rongzhen and Liu Lantao.