On Coordinating the Two Guang Provinces to Deal with the Invasion by the United States and Chiang Kai-shek

(November 17, 1950)

Comrade Jianying,[1] and inform Fang Fang[2] and Deng and Tan:[3]

(1) It is very good that you are leaving for Guangxi on November 21.
(2) Guangdong must rapidly and extensively carry out land reform work. Please inform us of your arrangements.
(3) As long as the land reform in Guangdong is completed and the local tyrants in Guangxi are eliminated, even if Chiang Kai-shek lands and invades, it will be easy to deal with.
(4) You must coordinate the two Guang provinces, treating them as a unified unit to deal with the imperialists and Chiang Kai-shek’s landing invasion, and not focus on only one province.

Mao Zedong
November 17

[1] Jianying, i.e., Ye Jianying, then First Secretary of the South China Sub-Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Commander and Political Commissar of the Guangdong Military Region of the PLA.
[2] Fang Fang, then Third Secretary of the South China Sub-Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
[3] Deng, i.e., Deng Zihui, then Third Secretary of the Central-South Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Second Political Commissar of the Central-South Military Region of the PLA. Tan, i.e., Tan Zheng, then Standing Committee Member of the Central-South Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Third Political Commissar of the Central-South Military Region of the PLA.