Comment on the Ninth Corps of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ Request for Improved Equipment [1] (January 10, 1951)  Zhou and Nie [2]: The Ninth Corps has requested improvements in equipment, replenishment of mules and horses, and early reinforcement with new recruits.
Please consider ways to address these needs.
Mao Zedong January 10  Printed from the manuscript.
Notes  [1] This comment was written on a telegram dated January 9, 1950, from Song Shiyun, Commander of the Ninth Corps of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, to Peng Dehuai and Deng Hua—with a copy to the Central Military Commission—outlining the unit’s basic situation and its requests.  [2] Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai.
Nie refers to Nie Rongzhen, who at the time served as Acting Chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army.