To Chen Yi, Zhang Yunyi, and Li Yu[1]

(November 29, 1946)

Instruct Jiaodong to closely monitor the movements of the Eighth Army. If there are signs that this army is to be transferred to the Northeast, our forces must take active actions to detain it. Most important, most important.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China to Chen Yi, Zhang Yunyi, and Li Yu.