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You are approved to begin moving your main force on April 11, but you must strive to reach the line from Nanyang through Xinyang to Gushi and the areas south of it by May 31, and to arrive along the northern bank of the Yangtze River before June 30, seizing opportunities to capture Hankou, Hanyang, and various enemy strongholds north of the river, complete preparations for crossing the river, and await orders to cross in the first ten days of July.

[1] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee in reply to Lin Biao, Luo Ronghuan, Liu Yalou, and Tan Zheng.