To Su Yu[1]

(February 19, 1948)

If southwestern Shandong is disrupted by the enemy and it is impossible to rest and regroup in peace, the three columns, the First, Fourth, and Sixth, may consider moving north of the Yellow River to rest and regroup in peace for two months.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram to Su Yu drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.