Telegram to Peng Dehuai and Others Concerning Intelligence on the U.S. Military’s Preparations to Withdraw from Korea

MacArthur has concentrated a large number of ships and naval vessels at the port of Hungnam south of Hamhung and has publicly announced that the Tenth Corps (the unit under Major General Almond) will soon withdraw from that port. The enemy at Wonsan withdrew by sea yesterday (the 10th). According to a United Press dispatch of the 10th, elements of the surrounded units such as the Marine division, led by Major General Smith, commander of the First Marine Division, in over two hundred trucks, broke out of the encirclement yesterday (the 10th) and fled to Hungnam port. As such, the various enemy units surrounded in the Hwangchoryong area now have no officer left on the battlefield exercising unified command. Many news agency reports state that the Chinese forces fought extremely heroically, and that the U.S. forces are in a very miserable situation and have suffered heavy losses.

Mao Zedong
December 11, 10:00 a.m.