General Dong Qiwu, together with all officers and soldiers of the Suiyuan Army under your leadership, government officials, and compatriots from all walks of life:  We have read your statement of September 19. Your stand is correct. Since General Fu Zuoyi led the peaceful liberation of Beiping, the people have welcomed it, while the reactionaries have opposed it. The reactionaries even attempted to sabotage the efforts for the peaceful liberation of Suiyuan by its military and civilian populations, but in the end they were defeated. You have now led your troops in an uprising, broken away from the reactionaries, and joined the side of the people. It is our hope that you will unite as one, strive for progress, reform the old systems, implement new policies, and struggle to build a new Suiyuan for the people.  Mao Zedong Zhu De September 10–11, 1949