To Dehuai[1] (Comrade, and inform Gao[2]):
Agree to the grain borrowing method described in the telegram of the 30th day, 20:00 hours. This telegram has been forwarded to Comrade Kim Il Sung.
Mao Zedong
December 31
[1] Dehuai, i.e., Peng Dehuai, then serving as Commander and Political Commissar of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
[2] Gao, i.e., Gao Gang, then serving as Commander and Political Commissar of the Northeast Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.