Central Directive on the Cadre Appointments and Jurisdictional Scope of the South China Sub-Bureau, Central China Bureau, and Southwest Bureau
(August 1, 1949)

To the South China Sub-Bureau, with copies to the Central China Bureau and East China Bureau:
Your telegram of July 30 has been received.

(1) Guangxi shall establish a provincial party committee, with Comrade Zhang Yunyi proposed as secretary. The list of committee members has yet to be finalized. Other cadres shall be prepared partly by the Central China Bureau and the Central Committee, and partly by the South China Sub-Bureau.

(2) Guangdong shall not establish a provincial party committee. Instead, several regional party committees or prefectural committees may be set up, such as those for Chaomei, Dongjiang, Beijiang, Xijiang, Nanlu, and the Central District, all under the direct leadership of the South China Sub-Bureau.

(3) The South China Sub-Bureau shall have Ye Jianying as first secretary, Zhang Yunyi as second secretary, and Fang Fang as third secretary. The list of committee members shall be proposed after Jianying, Yunyi, and Fang Fang meet to discuss and finalize it, and then reported to the Central Committee for consideration and decision.

(4) The South China Sub-Bureau shall exercise leadership over Guangdong and Guangxi provinces and the Hong Kong Work Committee.

(5) The South China Sub-Bureau shall be under the leadership of the Central China Bureau. The Central China Bureau shall have Lin Biao as first secretary, Luo Ronghuan as second secretary (remaining in Beiping due to illness), and Deng Zihui as third secretary. It shall exercise jurisdiction over the six provinces of Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guangxi, as well as the Fourth Field Army (with a regular force of 900,000 troops). The Central China Bureau is currently based in Wuhan and may relocate to Changsha in the future.

(6) The Southwest Bureau shall have Deng Xiaoping as first secretary, Liu Bocheng as second secretary, and He Long as third secretary. It shall exercise jurisdiction over the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Xikang, as well as the entire Second Field Army and a portion of the First Field Army, totaling 600,000 troops. By this winter, it shall be able to occupy key locations in the four provinces. The three armies of the Chen Geng Corps of the Second Field Army shall, in the first step, assist the Deng Hua Corps in resolving the Guangdong situation; in the second step, enter Guangxi to assist five armies of the Fourth Field Army in resolving the Bai Chongxi issue; and in the third step, advance into Yunnan. During the operation in which our main forces (a total of eight armies) enter Guangxi to strike Bai Chongxi, the South China Sub-Bureau shall have the task of assisting in resolving the Guangxi issue by utilizing Guangdong’s financial resources, material supplies, and cadres.

(7) After the Fujian Provincial Party Committee takes over western and southern Fujian, the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee takes over southern Jiangxi, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee takes over southern Hunan, and the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee (under Chen Geng and others) takes over Yunnan, the party organizations and armed forces in those provinces that were originally under the leadership of the South China Sub-Bureau shall be transferred to the leadership of the respective provincial party committees and military districts. At that time, the South China Sub-Bureau shall instruct the responsible comrades of those provinces to properly accept the new leadership and ensure the smooth progress of work in all areas.

Central Committee
August 1

Central Directive on the Cadre Appointments and Jurisdictional Scope of the South China Sub-Bureau, Central China Bureau, and Southwest Bureau
Manuscript of the "Directive on the Cadre Appointments and Jurisdictional Scope of the South China Sub-Bureau, Central China Bureau, and Southwest Bureau" drafted by Mao Zedong for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

Inscribing the Masthead for *Hebei Daily* [I]
(August 1, 1949)
Hebei Daily
Masthead inscribed by Mao Zedong for *Hebei Daily*.
[1] In June 1949, all of North China was liberated. The Central Committee decided to restore the administrative structure of Hebei Province and began preparations for the *Hebei Daily*, the official newspaper of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. To distinguish it from the official newspaper of the Central Hebei District Party Committee and to commemorate the founding of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee’s official newspaper, Mao Zedong inscribed the masthead for *Hebei Daily* for the second time.

Inscribing the Masthead for *Tangshan Labor Daily* [I]
(August 1, 1949)
Tangshan Labor Daily
Masthead inscribed by Mao Zedong for *Tangshan Labor Daily*.
[1] *Tangshan Labor Daily* is the official newspaper of the Tangshan Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. It was first published on January 1, 1940, originally under the names *National Salvation News*, *Jireliao Daily*, *Great Wall Daily*, *Jidong Daily*, and *New Tangshan Daily*. On August 1, 1949, after Mao Zedong personally inscribed the masthead "Tangshan Labor Daily," the newspaper was renamed accordingly.