Use Both the Methods of Fighting and Drawing In To Settle the Ningxia Problem Speedily

(September 20, 1949)

Comrades Peng, Zhang, Yan, and Gan:

Your telegram of the 19th has been received. Your handling of the matter is quite correct. Fu Zuoyi can return to Beiping tomorrow. I will discuss with him face to face the matter of refusing Ma Hongkui’s entry into Suiyuan. You should rely on your own strength and use both the methods of fighting and drawing in to strive for a speedy settlement of the Ningxia problem.