Telegram on Not Overstepping the National Boundary
(September 16, 1950)
Deng, Tan, Zhao,[1] and inform Zhang, Mo, Li[2]
Your telegram of 23:40 on the 15th and the telegram from Zhang, Mo, Li on the 15th have all been noted. The opinion raised by Zhang, Mo, Li is correct, but our forces must be instructed to take care not to overstep the national boundary.
The Military Commission
14:00, September 16
[1] Deng refers to Deng Zihui, then Second Political Commissar of the Central-South Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Tan refers to Tan Zheng, then Third Political Commissar of the Central-South Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Zhao refers to Zhao Erlu, then Chief of Staff of the Central-South Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
[2] Zhang refers to Zhang Yunyi, then Commander and concurrently Political Commissar of the Guangxi Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Mo refers to Mo Wenhua, then Deputy Political Commissar of the Guangxi Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Li refers to Li Tianyou, then Deputy Commander of the Guangxi Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.