To Nie Rongzhen and Xiao Ke

(March 12, 1947)

In your operations, no matter where you fight, as long as you can annihilate the enemy, that constitutes coordination with other areas.

[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 Xiao Ke.