To Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun[1]

(May 10, 1947)

Peng and Xi:

(1) Your telegram of the 10th at 0500 hours received. Enlai and Dingyi set out today for Zhenwudong to discuss with you the operational policy and to attend the victory celebration meeting.

(2) At the victory celebration meeting, please convey on my behalf and on behalf of Commander-in-Chief Zhu our condolences and congratulations to all officers and soldiers of the entire army.

Military Commission

10th, 1500 hours

[1] This is a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, addressed to Peng Dehuai, commander and political commissar of the Northwest Field Corps, and Xi Zhongxun, deputy political commissar.