To Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping and Others[1]

(October 19, 1946)

Agree to merge the Eighth Sub-district of Central China with the Sixth Sub-district of Hebei-Shandong-Henan to form one military region, with Wu Zhipu serving as secretary of the regional Party committee and Zhang Guohua as commander, under the leadership of the Taihang Bureau, so as to facilitate the struggle.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, with a copy to the Central China Sub-bureau.