Military Commission Telegram to Song Shilun[1] Inquiring About the Situation of the Ninth Army Corps
(December 31, 1950)

Comrade Song Shilun, and inform Peng[2]:

What is the recent situation of the Ninth Army Corps? Has everyone been able to eat? Have the issues of clothing, bedding, and shoes been resolved? How are the sick and wounded being handled? What is the total number of sick and wounded? What is the total number of personnel lost in the eastern front operations? Please investigate and report by telegram.

Military Commission
December 31

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[1] Song Shilun, then Commander and Political Commissar of the Ninth Army Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers.
[2] Peng refers to Peng Dehuai, then Commander and Political Commissar of the Chinese People's Volunteers.