Telegram to the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and Others [1]

(January 20, 1949)

In every specific step you take concerning foreigners, you should first put forward your views to the Central Committee and act only after obtaining the Central Committee’s approval.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, addressed to the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the CPC, with copies to Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, Nie Rongzhen, and the Beiping Municipal Committee of the CPC.