Telegram to Liu Shaoqi Concerning the Renaming of the Fourth Field Army Front Committee and Other Matters (December 29, 1949) Comrade Shaoqi: I have received your telegram of the 28th. (1) Regarding the matter of hiring faculty for the People’s University, I forwarded a copy of your previous telegram to Stalin on the 24th. (2) As for the Xiaofengman issue, I inquired with Stalin early on the 25th, and he stated that he had not yet received your telegram.
I will forward a copy of your telegram to him tomorrow (the 29th) [1]. (3) Please inform Lin, Deng, and Tan [2] that the Fourth Field Army Front Committee should be renamed the Central-South Military Region Committee of the Communist Party of China (abbreviated as the Military Region Party Committee). The twenty committee members and the principal and deputy secretaries proposed by Lin, Deng, and Tan are all approved, but several more individuals need to be added, such as Ye Jianying, Zhang Yunyi, Li Xiannian, Fang Fang, Chen Zhengren, and Huang Kecheng [3], because they are the commanders and political commissars of various provincial military regions and should therefore participate.
In addition, whether to include Lin Ping and Zeng Sheng [4] should be decided by Lin, Deng, and Tan, with subsequent reporting to the Central Committee for approval.
Mao Zedong December 29 Based on the manuscript for publication.
Notes [1] Here, “tomorrow (the 29th)” contradicts the date “the 29th” at the end of the text, suggesting a possible error. [2] Lin refers to Lin Biao, who at that time served as Commander of the Central-South Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
Deng refers to Deng Zikui, who at that time served as the Second Political Commissar of the Central-South Military Region.
Tan refers to Tan Zheng, who at that time served as the Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department of the Central-South Military Region. [3] Ye Jianying was then the Commander and Political Commissar of the Guangdong Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
Zhang Yunyi was then the Commander and Political Commissar of the Guangxi Military Region.
Li Xiannian was then the Commander and Political Commissar of the Hubei Military Region.
Fang Fang was then the Third Secretary of the South China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial People’s Government.
Chen Zhengren was then the Political Commissar of the Jiangxi Military Region.
Huang Kecheng was then the Political Commissar of the Hunan Military Region. [4] Lin Ping refers to Yin Linping, who at that time served as the Commander of the Yue-Xiang-Gan Border Column of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
Zeng Sheng was then the Commander of the Two-Guang Campaign Force. 2£°