Telegram from the Central Military Commission on Approving the Release of the 10th Army Corps from the Mission of Attacking Chaoshan [1]
(October 25, 1949)
To the East China Bureau, with a copy to the South China Sub-Bureau:
We approve the proposal in the telegram of the 23rd hour of October 22 to release the 10th Army Corps from the mission of attacking Chaoshan, so as to facilitate the swift deployment of bandit-suppression work throughout Fujian Province after the capture of Jinmen.
Central Military Commission
October 25

[1] This telegram was drafted by Mao Zedong for the People’s Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People’s Government and addressed to the East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.