Telegram to Insurrectionists on the “Changzhi”
(October 10, 1949)

Source: RMRB (Oct. 12, 1949), 1.

To all the comrades who took part in the insurrection on the “Changzhi”:'

Congratulations on your heroic insurrection. Owing to the continuing insurrections of the patriotic officers and soldiers within the Kuomintang navy, the
People’s Navy is already expanding rapidly. We hope that you will be industrious in learning and active in taking part in the construction of the Chinese
People’s Navy and in accomplishing the great task of liberating the whole of
China.

(Co-signed with Zhu De and dated)

Note

1. The “Changzhi” was the flagship of the First Naval Defense Fleet of the KMT.