Comrade Su Yu (forwarded via the Central Committee):

Please answer the following questions: (1) Do you have any means to carry out subversion work against the enemy on the Zhoushan Islands? Have you conducted such work, and what are the results? (2) To what extent have your preparations for the attack on the Zhoushan Islands progressed, and have the boat preparations increased? (3) How are Ye Fei’s[2] preparations for the attack on Jinmen Island progressing, and when can Jinmen Island be attacked? (4) When can you come to Beijing to confer with Comrades Nie Rongzhen and Liu Yalou[3]?

Mao Zedong
January 11

[1] Su Yu, then serving as Deputy Commander of the Third Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and Deputy Commander of the East China Military Region.
[2] Ye Fei, then serving as Commander of the Tenth Army Corps of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
[3] Nie Rongzhen, then serving as Acting Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Liu Yalou, then serving as Commander of the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.