Telegram to Peng Dehuai[1]

(April 4, 1948)

The importance of the Northwest theatre has grown, and the scale of the war has expanded. Supporting this war with a population of over four million is already proving strenuous; the burden on the people should be lightened, not increased.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram to Peng Dehuai.