Agree to Attack Huang Wei First

(24 November 1948)

Comrades Liu, Chen, and Deng, with copies to Comrades Su, Chen, and Zhang:

We have received your telegram of the 23rd at 22:00 hours. (1) We fully agree to attack Huang Wei first. (2) We hope Comrades Su, Chen, and Zhang will follow the dispositions made by Comrades Liu, Chen, and Deng and dispatch the necessary forces to join in the attack on Huang Wei. (3) In urgent situations, Comrades Liu, Chen, and Deng are to act on their own discretion without seeking instructions.

The Military Commission

24th, 15:00 hours