Celebrate the Great Victory at Zhangjiakou[1]

(December 24, 1948)

Yang, Luo, Geng; Yang, Li:

Celebrate the great victory of annihilating the enemy at Xinbao’an and Zhangjiakou within a few days and recovering Zhangjiakou.

The Military Commission

24:00, the 24th

[1] This is a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, addressed to Yang Dezhi, commander of the Second Corps of the North China Military Region, Political Commissar Luo Ruiqing, and Chief of Staff Geng Biao; and to Yang Chengwu, commander of the Third Corps of the North China Military Region, and Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department Li Tianhuan.