Telegram to Chen Yi and Zhang Zhen [1] Regarding the Ninth Corps’ Preparations for Deployment (October 23, 1950)  Chen and Zhang:  (1) Please instruct Comrade Song Shilun [2] to come to Beijing immediately.  (2) The Song Corps must promptly carry out political mobilization and military training, and should also prepare to dispatch one corps first to Northeast China.  Mao Zedong October 23  Printed from the manuscript.  Notes  [1] Chen Yi was at the time Commander of the East China Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Zhang Zhen was at the time Chief of Staff of the same region.  [2] Song Shilun was at the time Commander and Political Commissar of the Ninth Corps of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.