Transfer Two Brigades to Take Part in the Campaign to Capture Zhangjiakou[1]

(December 16, 1948)

Zhou, Chen, Hu:

(1) Is it possible to temporarily transfer two brigades from your location to take part in the operations to capture Zhangjiakou?
(2) How many days’ march is required from the vicinity of Taiyuan to Zhangjiakou? A reply on the above two points is awaited.

Central Military Commission

16th, 12:00 hours

[1] This is a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, addressed to Zhou Shidi, deputy commander and deputy political commissar of the First Corps of the North China Military Region; Chen Manyuan, chief of staff; and Hu Yaobang, director of the political department.