Fu Zuoyi and those around him, after receiving our opinions, are attempting to make us accommodate the framework they have set (forcing us to submit to their terms), while rejecting our policy of forcing Fu to submit to our terms. They clearly cannot command the Central Army, yet they claim they can. In addition, they have raised matters such as newspapers and government appointments, as if they are speaking on behalf of the people and demanding democratic rights from us. You should telegraph the three points you announced to Zhou and Zhang to the Party organization in Beiping, and have the Beiping Party urge the Fu side to implement them. Also, sternly explain to those around Fu (Liu Houtong and others) that if the Fu side is unwilling to carry out the opinions we have put forward, and if they also fail to implement their own proposal of leaving the city for reorganization, then they are being capricious and will inevitably lose credibility. At the same time, please consider whether it is possible to have the Beiping Party appropriately disseminate the point about leaving the city for reorganization among society and democratic personages, so that people feel we have done everything possible with the utmost patience and righteousness.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China to Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen.
[2] Zhou refers to Zhou Beifeng, then head of the Land Division of the Kuomintang’s North China “Bandit Suppression” General Headquarters. Zhang refers to Zhang Dongsun.
[3] Liu Houtong was then a major general staff officer and senior military adviser in Fu Zuoyi’s forces.