Telegram to Peng Dehuai [1] et al. Regarding the Capture of Pyongyang by Troops (December 4, 1950) Peng, Deng, Pu, and Hong [2], with notification to Gao and He [3]: It can be generally ascertained that the enemy in Pyongyang is withdrawing. Its main force appears to have already fallen back between Pyongyang and the 38th Parallel, while its rearguard is still located north and northeast of Pyongyang. You should dispatch, on the morning of the 5th, either a full division or the bulk of one, to advance toward Pyongyang and seize the city when the opportunity arises. Mao Zedong, 11:30 p.m., December 4 Based on the original verbatim record preserved in the Central Archives and published therein. Included in Selected Military Works of Mao Zedong (Internal Edition). Notes [1] Peng Dehuai was then Commander and Political Commissar of the Chinese People’s Volunteers. [2] Deng refers to Deng Hua; Pu refers to Park Il-woo; both were then Deputy Commanders and Deputy Political Commissars of the Chinese People’s Volunteers. Hong refers to Hong Xuezhi, who was then a Deputy Commander of the Chinese People’s Volunteers. [3] Gao refers to Gao Gang, who was then Commander and Political Commissar of the Northeast Military Region of the People’s Liberation Army. He refers to He Jinyuan, who was then a Deputy Commander of the Northeast Military Region of the People’s Liberation Army.