Telegram to Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, and Others

(August 3, 1947)

[1]

When the five columns under Chen, Tang, Ye, and Tao have assembled in the Yuncheng area, these five columns shall be placed under your unified command to pin down the enemy from interior lines with the forces currently available.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, addressed to Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, with copies to Chen Yi, Su Yu, and Tan Zhenlin.