Telegram to Chen Yi〔1〕 Regarding the Early Advance of the Ninth Corps Northward (October 12, 1950) Comrade Chen Yi: Please order Corps Commander Song Shilun〔2〕 to advance northward ahead of schedule directly to Northeast China.
Kindly inform us when the corps can set out.
Mao Zedong October 12 Based on the manuscript for publication.
Notes 〔1〕 Chen Yi, who at that time served as Commander of the East China Military Region of the People’s Liberation Army. 〔2〕 Song Shilun, who at that time served as Commander and Political Commissar of the Ninth Corps of the People’s Liberation Army.