Telegram Regarding the Urgent Need for the Volunteer Army to Prepare to Thwart the Enemy’s Landing Plan (December 9, 1952) Comrade Deng Hua [1]: It should be assumed that the enemy has already decided to land along the line from Han River to Cheongchon River and is actively making preparations. Our side must urgently prepare to counter the enemy and crush its landing plan. Mao Zedong December 9 Based on the manuscript for publication. Notes [1] Deng Hua was at that time acting commander and acting political commissar of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army.