Telegram in Reply to Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun[1]

(June 22, 1947)

The enemy forces in the Sanbian area are powerful. Take care to destroy them one by one, concentrating all your strength each time to annihilate one or two of their regiments, and accomplish the task over a period of more than one month.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee in reply to Peng Dehuai and Xi Zhongxun, agreeing to the operational plan for recovering Sanbian proposed by Peng and Xi on June 21.