Forward the Comprehensive Report on the People's Liberation Army's Entry into Xinjiang [I]
(October 25, 1949)

Comrade Filippov [2]:
I am forwarding to you the first detailed report [3] from the vanguard units of the People's Liberation Army entering Xinjiang. This report was sent from Hami on October 18 by the commander and political commissar of the Second Army of the First Corps of the People's Liberation Army. At that time, our forces had only reached Hami, Turpan, Shanshan, and other areas.

This is a telegram from Mao Zedong to Stalin.

--- Notes

[2] Filippov refers to Stalin.
[3] Refers to the *Comprehensive Report on Entry into Xinjiang* submitted at 20:00 on October 18, 1949, by Guo Peng, commander of the Second Army of the First Corps of the First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army, and Wang Enmao, its political commissar. The report states that our forces began moving from the line of Jiuquan, Yumen, and Anxi on October 12. As of October 18, the 12th Regiment of our 4th Division had advanced to Turpan. The 10th Regiment and the division command are currently in Shanshan. A portion of the 11th Regiment is being transported by vehicle toward Shanshan.