Xu, Zhou, Luo, and inform Peng:

(1) Our negotiations with the Nanjing delegation have been going on for eleven days and have made considerable progress. If the Nanjing side agrees, the agreement may be signed on the 15th or 16th, but the possibility of a breakdown still exists. (2) Please postpone the attack on Taiyuan until the 22nd. At that time, if a peace agreement can be signed, then Taiyuan can be resolved by peaceful means; if the peace talks break down or if the agreement is signed but later repudiated and not implemented, then it will be resolved by combat, which will not cause us much loss either.

Central Military Commission
18:00, 11th

[1] This is a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee, addressed to Xu Xiangqian, Deputy Commander of the North China Military Region and Commander and Political Commissar of the 18th Corps; Zhou Shidi, Deputy Commander and Deputy Political Commissar of the 18th Corps; and Luo Ruiqing, Political Commissar of the 19th Corps.

[2] Peng refers to Peng Dehuai, who was then Commander and Political Commissar of the First Field Army.