Arrange to Annihilate the Enemy Forces That
May Flee from Wayaobao
(April 26, 1947)
To Peng [Dehuai] and Xi [Zhongxun]:1
	 1.	 Chen Geng2 is threatening Xi’an, and it is possible that Dong [Zhao]’s army3
may withdraw to the south.
	 2.	 The enemy forces in Wa[yaobao] may flee. Their route may pass through
the area northeast of Wa[yaobao] (Wangjiawan, Lijiachuan, and so forth)
toward Qingjian, or through the area southwest of Wa[yaobao] toward
Panlong. Please arrange to annihilate them.
 The Military Commission

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Notes

Our source for this telegram is Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 4, p. 44, where it is reproduced from Mao’s handwritten manuscript preserved in the Central Archives.

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1.  Mao Zedong drafted this telegram on behalf of the Central Military Commission.
Peng Dehuai was commander and political commissar of the Northwest Field Army and Xi
Zhongxun was its deputy political commissar.

2.  Chen Geng was commander of the Fourth Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army.

3.  Dong Zhao was commander of the Guomindang’s Reorganized First Army.
DOI:  10.4324/9781315719511-296