Telegram to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping[1]

(July 30, 1947)

Please consider having Li Xiannian lead the Zhao Jimei Column to set out immediately and arrive at Juye before August 15 to proceed together with you to the Dabie Mountains. If Xiannian directly commands this column as the backbone of the Dabie Mountains Military District, it should be helpful for establishing a base area.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping.