December 10, 1948 To Generals He Jili, Zhang Kexia, Meng Zhaodi, Guo Jiafang, Cui Zhenlun, and Yang Gansan, with thanks also extended to all officers and soldiers:  We have carefully read your telegram of October 8 and are deeply gratified.
Your leading your units in uprising on the Xuzhou front and joining the People’s Liberation Army greatly facilitates the advance of the revolutionary war.
It is our hope that you will stand united, strengthen political work within the troops, and improve relations between officers and men as well as between the army and the people, so that you may soon be deployed to fight side by side with the People’s Liberation Army and strive for the complete fulfillment of the nation’s revolutionary tasks.
Mao Zedong Zhu De November 10, 1948