Telegram Concerning the Central Committee’s Assignment to Gao Gang[1] to Handle Matters Related to Assistance for the Korean Comrades (October 9, 1950) To Ambassador Ni[2], with copy to Gao: Your telegram of the 8th has been received. (1) The Central Committee has entrusted Comrade Gao Gang with the responsibility for handling all matters concerning assistance to the Korean comrades. Henceforth, all communications on such affairs are to be addressed directly to Comrade Gao Gang, who will provide the replies. Please have Gao handle the questions pertaining to the Tank School and the Military Officers’ School. (2) The Mission’s location is approved in accordance with your view. Zhou Enlai, October 9, printed from Mao Zedong’s manuscript. Notes [1] Gao Gang was at that time Commander and Political Commissar of the Northeast Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. [2] Ni refers to Ni Zhiliang, who served as China’s Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the time.