Comrade Ho Chi Minh:

Telegram of October 13 received. Congratulations on your great victory.

Mao Zedong

October 16

Lin, Luo, Liu:

Telegram of the 15th at 13:00 hours[2] received. We have considered the question you raised and believe that if the Yang-Luo-Geng force[3] is positioned east of Sui[4] and assembled together with Yang Chengwu,[5] it can prevent Fu Zuoyi's[6] forces from retreating toward Suiyuan, but it cannot prevent Fu's forces and the Central Army from retreating by sea, nor can surrounding Zhangjiakou achieve this objective. Because the enemy has a total of thirty-five infantry divisions and four cavalry divisions, if the enemy is determined to retreat by sea, he can concentrate more than ten divisions to extricate the enemy in Zhangjiakou and concentrate them in Jin