Telegram from the Military Commission Concerning the Fourth Field Army’s Seven Divisions Entering Sichuan for Combat (November 25, 1949)
To Lin, Tan, and Xiao [1], and inform Liu and Deng [2]:
Your telegram of the 23rd has been received. If Liu and Deng require it, we agree to your proposal to place seven divisions under Liu and Deng’s command for operations in Sichuan.

Military Commission
November 25

Printed based on Mao Zedong’s manuscript.

Notes
[1] Lin refers to Lin Biao, then Commander of the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Tan refers to Tan Zheng, then Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department of the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Xiao refers to Xiao Ke, then First Chief of Staff of the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
[2] Liu refers to Liu Bocheng, then Commander of the Second Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Deng refers to Deng Xiaoping, then Political Commissar of the Second Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.