Note on Paying Attention to Promoting Cadres Originally from the Fourth Front Army
(December 4, 1949)
Comrade Rongzhen[1] and to Comrade Li Tao[2]:
When assigning personnel on your own, pay attention to promoting cadres originally from the Fourth Front Army wherever possible. This point must be noted.

Mao Zedong
December 4

[1] Rongzhen, namely Nie Rongzhen, then served as Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
[2] Li Tao, then served as Director of the Operations Department of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission.