To the East China Bureau and the Nanjing Municipal Committee [l]
(July 22, 1949)
Britain and the United States have contradictions on the China question; we should exploit these contradictions. Please pay attention to this when applying them under the established general principles.
[I] This is the main content of a telegram drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the East China Bureau and the Nanjing Municipal Committee.