Telegram to Ye Fei [1] et al. Regarding the Continued Efforts to Eliminate Remaining Bandit Forces (April 1, 1951) To Ye Cheng, Liu, and Chen [2], with copy to Comrades Chen Rao, Deng Tan [3], and Dingcheng and Jianying [4]: Your report of March 25 has been received. In January and February you eliminated over ten thousand bandits, a most significant achievement that gives us great satisfaction. We urge you to continue your efforts without letup until all remnants of the bandit forces have been wiped out. Once the bandits are destroyed, counterrevolutionaries suppressed, land reform completed in most areas, and the defensive fortifications at Xiamen and Pingtan fully strengthened, the situation in Fujian will be fundamentally transformed. Should the Taiwan bandits dare to launch an attack, you will then be assured of complete victory. Guangdong has now concentrated six armies, and the entire province is likewise engaged in these same tasks. With the two provinces coordinating closely, your combined strength is formidable. Mao Zedong April 1 Based on the manuscript print. Notes [1] Ye Fei was at the time Commander of the Fujian Military Region of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. [2] Cheng refers to Cheng Jun, then Deputy Commander of the Fujian Military Region; Liu refers to Liu Peishan, then Deputy Political Commissar of the Fujian Military Region; and Chen refers to Chen Tiejun, then Deputy Chief of Staff of the Fujian Military Region.

[3] Chen refers to Chen Yi, then Commander of the East China Military Region; Rao refers to Rao Shushi, then Political Commissar of the East China Military Region; Deng refers to Deng Zihui, then Second Political Commissar of the Central-South Military Region; and Tan refers to Tan Zheng, then Third Political Commissar of the Central-South Military Region. [4] Dingcheng is Zhang Dingcheng, then Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the CPC and Political Commissar of the Fujian Military Region; Jianying is Ye Jianying, then First Secretary of the South China Branch of the CPC Central Committee and Commander and Political Commissar of the Guangdong Military Region.