Comments on Peng Dehuai’s [1] Report Concerning the Entry of the Air Force into Fujian
(March 8, 1958)

Read. Returned to Comrade Peng Dehuai:

Regarding the matter of entering Fujian,
I concur with your views. For the time being, proceed with preparations accordingly; however, a final decision on actually carrying out the entry should be made at that later stage.

Mao Zedong
March 8

[1]
Peng Dehuai was then a member of the CPC Central Military Commission, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Minister of National Defense.
[2]
This refers to Peng Dehuai’s report dated March 5, 1958, addressed to Deng Xiaoping and copied to Mao Zedong, in which he set forth his recommendations concerning preparatory work for the deployment of our air force’s fighter aviation division to front-line airfields in Fujian.