It Seems Advisable for Our Army To Move North and Join the Fighting[1]

(February 22, 1947)

Chen, Su, Tan:

In order to thoroughly resolve the mass of three armies and twenty-three regiments on the northern front, it seems advisable for our Wei Guoqing Column and the Eighth Division to move north and join the fighting.

The Military Commission

February 22

[1] This was a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, addressed to Chen Yi, commander and political commissar of the East China Field Army, Su Yu, deputy commander, and Tan Zhenlin, deputy political commissar.