Mao's Road to Power

Joseph Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies, USA.Nancy Hearst is the librarian of the Fairbank Collection of the H.C. Fung Library, Harvard University, USA.

• IN EACH BATTLE, FOCUS ON ANNIHILATING ISOLATED AND DISPERSED ENEMY TROOPS (July 1, 1947) ANOTHER UTTERLY ABSURD ATTEMPT BY THE CHIANG GOVERNMENT (July 2, 1947) TWO PLANS FOR DESTROYING HU ZONGNAN AND TAKING THE GREAT NORTHWEST (July 4, 1947) THE GENERAL POLICY TO BE ADOPTED AT PRESENT IS TO DIVIDE THE FORCES INTO FOUR ROUTES AND EACH TO FIGHT ITS OWN BATTLES (July 4, 1947) SUMMARY OF ONE YEAR OF FIGHTING AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE (July 10, 1947) LETTER TO CHEN JINKUN (July 13, 1947) TRAITOR CHIANG KAISHEK DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED BY EVERY CHINESE FOR BETRAYING THE COUNTRY AND RUINING THE PEOPLE (July 13, 1947) REDIRECT CHEN AND XIE’S COLUMN TO CROSS THE RIVER AND MARCH SOUTH (July 19, 1947) SPEECH AT THE ENLARGED MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AT XIAOHE (July 21, 1947) MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO SAFEGUARD AND EXPAND STRATEGIC LEVERAGE (July 23, 1947) COMMENT ON COMRADE LIU SHAOQI’S LETTER TO THE COMRADES IN SHANXI AND SUIYUAN (July 25, 1947) COMPLETING PREPARATORY WORK FOR FIGHTING IN THE GUOMINDANG AREAS (July 26, 1947) BATTLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR LIU-DENG, CHEN-XIE, AND OTHER UNITS (July 29, 1947) PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE MARCH TO THE DABIE MOUNTAINS BY LIU AND DENG’S ARMY (July 30, 1947) YOU MUST TRY TO REST BETWEEN BATTLES (July 30, 1947) BATTLE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FIVE COLUMNS OF THE EAST CHINA FIELD ARMY AFTER THEY CROSS THE CANAL (August 5, 1947) ESTIMATION OF THE ENEMY'S COUNTERMEASURES AFTER LIU AND DENG SET OUT (August 6, 1947) RECTIFY THE TROOP CONFIGURATION TO BOLSTER EFFORTS TO WIN NEW VICTORIES (August 6, 1947) CHEN AND SU’S SIX COLUMNS SHOULD DRAW TOGETHER AT THE INTERIOR LINE AND PIN DOWN THE ENEMY (August 7, 1947) THREE OPINIONS REGARDING OUR ARMY’S SOUTHWARD ADVANCE (August 12, 1947) OVERCOME DIFFICULTY AND STRIVE TO TRANSFORM THE ENTIRE MILITARY SITUATION (August 21, 1947) ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN THE NORTHWEST (August 22, 1947) NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY CORRESPONDENT’S COMMENTS ON THE VICTORY IN NORTHERN SHAANXI (August 23, 1947) THE WESTERN CORPS SHOULD ACTIVELY SUPPORT LIU AND DENG IN COMBAT WITH COORDINATED ACTION (August 24, 1947) OUR ARMY’S COUNTERMEASURES TO CHIANG KAISHEK’S PLAN IS TO DRAW TROOPS FROM EASTERN JIAOZHOU (August 25, 1947) IT IS NECESSARY TO STRESS BOTH ANNIHILATING THE ENEMY AND DEALING THE ENEMY DESTRUCTIVE BLOWS (August 28, 1947) ADOPTING THE OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLE OF HALF ANNIHILATING AND HALF ROUTING WHILE ON THE MOVE (August 29, 1947) OUR ARMY IN THE NORTHEAST SHOULD BEGIN FIGHTING IN THE LATTER HALF OF SEPTEMBER SO AS TO COORDINATE WITH THE SOUTHERN LINE (August 29, 1947) DIRECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON A REVIEW OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR OF LIBERATION AND STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE SECOND YEAR (September 1, 1947) THE SPHERE AND PRINCIPLES OF MILITARY OPERATIONS FOR CHEN AND XIE’S FORCES (September 2, 1947) QUICKLY ESTABLISH A MENTALITY OF FIGHTING WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM THE REAR AREA (September 3, 1947) WE MUST BE DETERMINED TO ESTABLISH BASE AREAS IN HEBEI, HENAN, AND SHAANXI (September 4, 1947) THE LAND CONFERENCE SHOULD ADOPT A POLICY OF DIVIDING ALL LAND EQUALLY (September 6, 1947) COMBAT DEPLOYMENT AFTER THE ANNIHILATION OF THE ENEMY’S FIFTY-SEVENTH DIVISION (September 11, 1947) TO MAO ANYING (September 12, 1947) THE CURRENT BATTLE SITUATION IN EACH WAR ZONE (September 15, 1947) CHEN AND SU’S UNITS SHOULD FIGHT SMALL BATTLES, NOT LARGE ONES, DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO MONTHS (October 3, 1947) TO MAO ANYING (October 8, 1947) DO NOT FIGHT ANY BATTLES IN WHICH VICTORY CANNOT BE ASSURED (October 8, 1947) OUR ARMY HAS COMPLETELY SHIFTED TO A COUNTEROFFENSIVE (October 8, 1947) THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY PROMULGATES THE THREE MAIN RULES OF DISCIPLINE AND THE EIGHT POINTS FOR ATTENTION (October 10, 1947) MANIFESTO OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY (October 10, 1947) THE SITUATION AND OUR EXPERIENCES ON THE BATTLEFRONT IN THE NORTHWEST (October 11, 1947) CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SPOKESPERSON STERNLY EXPOSES COLLUSION BETWEEN CHIANG KAISHEK AND THE UNITED STATES IN MURDERING AND PERSECUTING DEMOCRATIC PERSONAGES (October 12, 1947) AFTER TAKING JILIN, THE MAIN DIRECTION OF ATTACK SHOULD SHIFT TO THE BEIPING-SHENYANG AND BEIPING-SUIYUAN LINES (October 13, 1947) ON THE COMMAND AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CORPS AND OTHER QUESTIONS (October 15, 1947) ARRANGEMENTS FOR FORMING MOBILE FIELD ARMIES AND FIGHTING DISPERSED BATTLES (October 20, 1947) WE MUST AVOID EXCESSIVE LEFTIST TENDENCIES IN DEALING WITH THE LIBERAL BOURGEOISIE (October 26, 1947) LESSONS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE (November 3, 1947) WE ARE COMPLETELY ASSURED OF THOROUGHLY OVERTHROWING CHIANG KAISHEK’S REACTIONARY CLIQUE (November 6, 1947) THE QUESTION OF THE JIN-CHA-JI FIELD ARMY COOPERATING IN BATTLE IN THE NORTHEAST (November 17, 1947) LETTER TO WU CHUANGGUO (November 18, 1947) LETTER TO ZHANG SHUSHI (November 18, 1947) LETTER TO WU YUZHANG (November 18, 1947) LETTER TO CHEN JINKU (November 18, 1947) PAY ATTENTION TO CORRECTING "LEFT" DEVIATING ERRORS DURING LAND REFORM (November 29, 1947) SPOKESPERSON OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY STERNLY CENSURES THE FILTHY TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN CHIANG KAISHEK AND THE UNITED STATES (December 2, 1947) TRANSFORM OLD ART, CREATE NEW ART (December 21, 1947) REGARDING WINTER WAR DEPLOYMENTS IN THE NORTHEAST (December 23, 1947) NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY REPORTER’S COMMENTS ON THE GREAT VICTORY OF OUR ARMY’S CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY AND ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT (December 24, 1947) THE PRESENT SITUATION AND OUR TASKS (December 25, 1947) TALK AT THE YANGJIAGOU ENLARGED CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING (December 25 and 28, 1947) 1948 INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ON ESTABLISHING A REPORTING SYSTEM (January 7, 1948) DO NOT DESTROY, OR DESTROY ONLY TACTICALLY, CERTAIN RAILWAYS (January 8, 1948) BATTLE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION DURING THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS (January 9, 1948) DIRECTIVE REGARDING FLEXIBLE BATTLE TACTICS FOR SU YU’S FORCES A WIDE AREA (January 10, 1948) WE SHOULD ADOPT A POSITIVE AND COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD CENTRISTS WHO CAN BE WON OVER (January 14, 1948) ASKING FOR DENG XIAOPING’S VIEWS ON SEVERAL POLICY ISSUES CONCERNING THE NEWLY LIBERATED AREAS (January 14, 1948) SPEECH AT THE ENLARGED MEETING OF THE NORTHWEST FIELD ARMY FRONT COMMITTEE (January 15, 1948) STUDY THE POLICY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, RECTIFY ERRONEOUS VIEWPOINTS (January 16, 1948) ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT ISSUES IN CURRENT PARTY POLICY (January 18, 1948) AN ORDER TO CORRECT "LEFTIST" ERRORS (January 20, 1948) INSTRUCTIONS TO SU YU ON LAND REFORM IN THE NEWLY LIBERATED REGIONS (January 22, 1948) OVERALL ORIENTATION FOR THE THREE-MONTH BATTLE BY THE THREE ARMIES ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT (January 26, 1948) THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN THE ARMY (January 30, 1948) REMARKS ON ZHU DE’S LETTER TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (January 31, 1948) DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE LAND LAW IN DIFFERENT AREAS (February 3, 1948) LETTER TO LIU SHAOQI ON EXAMINING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON LAND REFORM IN THE NEWLY LIBERATED REGIONS (February 5, 1948) INSTRUCTIONS TO LI JINGQUAN AND XI ZHONGXUN ON DIVIDING INTO THREE KINDS OF REGIONS IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT LAND REFORM (February 6, 1948) THE NORTHEAST FIELD ARMY SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COLD SEASON TO ANNIHILATE A LARGE NUMBER OF ENEMY FORCES (February 7, 1948) ON RECTIFYING LEFT-LEANING ERRORS IN LAND REFORM PROPAGANDA: INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (February 11, 1948) CHINA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC FORM, CLASS RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION (February 15, 1948) INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON LAND REFORM IN THE NEWLY LIBERATED AREAS (February 15, 1948) INSTRUCTIONS ON DISCUSSING THE (DRAFT) "STIPULATIONS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE REGARDING THE CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF EACH SOCIAL CLASS DURING LAND REFORM" (February 16, 1948) APPLICATION OF THE TACTICS FOR THE LAND REFORM STRUGGLE IN THE NEWLY LIBERATED AREAS (February 17, 1948) COMMENTS ON DENG XIAOPING'S REPORT ABOUT LAND REFORM IN THE NEWLY LIBERATED REGIONS (February 17, 1948) COMMENTS ON BO YIBO'S REPORT ON CREATING THREE CATEGORIES OF REGIONS TO CARRY OUT LAND REFORM (February 19, 1948) COMMENTS ON LI JINGQUAN’S REPORT ON LEADERSHIP BY POOR AND MIDDLE PEASANTS IN THE OLD LIBERATED REGIONS (February 19, 1948) MAKE THE BEST USE OF TIME TO DISCIPLINE TROOPS; THEN ATTACK THE HAN RIVER VALLEY (February 21, 1948) THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE REAL ADVANTAGE (February 22, 1948) ALL LOCALITIES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO SUMMARIZING THE EXPERIENCE OF WORK IN THE CITIES (February 25, 1948) INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF PROTECTING INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE (February 27, 1948) DIRECTIVE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ON THE PROBLEM OF THE LIBERAL BOURGEOISIE AND THE ENLIGHTENED GENTRY (March 1, 1948) USING THE METHOD OF VENTING GRIEVANCES AND THREE EXAMINATIONS BRINGS GREAT RESULTS IN TRAINING AND CONSOLIDATING THE TROOPS (March 2, 1948) THE BASIC REASON FOR THE GREAT VICTORY IN THE NORTHWEST IS WINTER TRAINING (March 4, 1948) LETTER TO MR. ZHU XUEFAN (March 4, 1948) LETTER TO LIU SHAOQI (March 6, 1948) THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY DISCUSSES HOW THE GREAT VICTORY AT YICHUAN HAS CHANGED THE SITUATION IN THE NORTHWEST (March 7, 1948) THE OPINION THAT HENCEFORTH WE SHOULD NOT PROMOTE NEW RICH PEASANTS IS INCORRECT (March 8, 1948) COMMENTS ON "HOW SHANXI’S GUO COUNTY CARRIES OUT LAND REFORM" (March 12, 1948) WIPE OUT A LARGE QUANTITY OF THE ENEMY FORCES IN EXTENSIVE MOBILE ACTIONS (March 14, 1948) A CIRCULAR ON THE SITUATION (March 20, 1948) POLICY AND STRATEGY ARE THE LIFE OF OUR PARTY AND ARMY (March 20, 1948) PENG DEHUAI’S UNIT WILL TAKE SOLE CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE BATTLE SITUATION IN SHAANXI AND GANSU (March 21, 1948) LETTER TO WANG GUANLAN (March 31, 1948) SPEECH AT THE SHANXI AND SUIYUAN CADRE MEETING (April 1, 1948) CHAIRMAN MAO’S TALK TO THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF JINSUI DAILY (April 2, 1948) TELEGRAM SENT TO THE LUOYANG FRONT LINE HEADQUARTERS AFTER THE RECAPTURE OF LUOYANG (April 8, 1948) INTEGRATE INTO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ALL OF CHINA’S POWERS THAT CAN AND SHOULD BE UNITED (April 10, 1948) YOU MAY FIRST ATTACK CHANGCHUN, BUT DO NOT PLACE UNDUE EMPHASIS ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF MARCHING SOUTH (April 22, 1948) THE ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHOULD INCLUDE THE PARTICIPATION OF ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS (April 26, 1948) LETTER TO LAN GONGWU (April 27, 1948) LETTER TO LI JISHEN AND SHEN JUNRU (May 1, 1948) SU YU’S CORPS WILL NOT CROSS THE YANGZI FOR THE TIME BEING, AND IT WILL CONCENTRATE ITS MAIN FORCE TO ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS (May 5, 1948) AMONG ITS LEADERSHIP TASKS THE JINSUI SUB-BUREAU MUST GIVE PRIORITY TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION (May 11, 1948) WHEN DEALING WITH INTELLECTUALS, AVOID THE TENDENCY TO FOCUS SOLELY ON CLASS BACKGROUND (May 21, 1948) TELEGRAM TO COMRADE DENG XIAOPING ON THE TACTICAL PROBLEMS IN WORK IN THE NEW LIBERATED AREAS (May 24, 1948) DIRECTIVE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ON THE WORK OF LAND REFORM AND PARTY CONSOLIDATION IN 1948. (May 25, 1948) REGARDING THE ISSUE OF CONCLUDING FOREIGN COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS ON BORROWING AND REPAYMENT (May 28, 1948) THE NORTHEAST MUST PREPARE SUFFICIENT PROVISIONS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A LARGE ARMY (May 31, 1948) IS IT POSSIBLE TO TAKE CHANGCHUN IN TWO MONTHS? (June 1, 1948) USE VARIOUS MEANS TO BRING THE ENEMY INTO PLAY AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY (June 3, 1948) WE MUST HANDLE PROPAGANDA WORK WITH A SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE (June 3, 1948) PROBLEMS OF CAPTURING THE CITY AND DEFEATING REINFORCEMENTS IN THE BATTLE TO TAKE CHANGCHUN (June 7, 1948) VARIOUS POLICIES AFTER TAKING KAIFENG (June 19, 1948) AT PRESENT WE MUST ONLY FIGHT BATTLES WE ARE ASSURED OF WINNING (June 22, 1948) ITEMS ABOUT WHICH ALL CENTRAL BUREAUS, LOCAL BUREAUS, AND FRONT COMMITTEES SHOULD REPORT TO THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (June 25, 1948) IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE TO ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY ALONG THE SUI–QI–TONGXU LINE (June 26, 1948) COMMENTS ON THE REPORT OF THE NORTHWEST CHINA BUREAU REGARDING CARRYING OUT THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE’S INSTRUCTIONS ON LAND REFORM AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE PARTY (June 26, 1948) INSTRUCTIONS ON SABOTAGING RAILROADS (July 10, 1948) SEND TROOPS TO SEIZE CONTROL OF TAIYUAN AIRPORT (July 16, 1948) SEIZE CONTROL OF THE AIRPORT AND QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR THE ASSAULT ON JI’NAN (July 16, 1948) TURN THE ENEMY’S FAKE PEACE MOVEMENT INTO THE PEOPLE’S TRUE PEACE MOVEMENT (July 18, 1948) HALT THE PLAN TO ATTACK CHANGCHUN AND GET READY TO HEAD SOUTH FOR BATTLE (July 22, 1948) RESPONSE TO THE TELEGRAM FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES AND DEMOCRATIC PERSONAGES (August 1, 1948) THE STRATEGY WE SHOULD ADOPT TOWARD CENTRIST MOVEMENTS IN ORDER TO OVERTHROW CHIANG (August 1, 1948) SOME TENTATIVE IDEAS ON ATTACKING JI’NAN AND FIGHTING THE REINFORCEMENTS (August 12, 1948) I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE FORMULATION OF MAO ZEDONGISM (August 15, 1948) THE IMPORTANCE OF CARRYING OUT A REPORTING SYSTEM (August 22, 1948) PARTY NEWSPAPERS MUST UNCONDITIONALLY PROPAGATE THE PATH AND POLICIES OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (August 28, 1948) THE EMPHASIS OF AUTUMN FIGHTING IN THE NORTHEAST SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE WEI LIHUANG-FAN HANJIE SYSTEM (September 5, 1948) OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE LIAONING-SHENYANG CAMPAIGN (September 7, 1948) TELEGRAMS OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF FENG YUXIANG (September 7, 1948) REPORT AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING OF THE POLITBURO OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST (September 8–13, 1948) OBJECTIVES AND MILITARY DEPLOYMENT FOR THE BATTLE FOR JI’NAN (September 11, 1948) DECISION OF THE CPC CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON STRENGTHENING THE PARTY COMMITTEE SYSTEM (September 20, 1948) TASKS TO ELIMINATE THE ENEMY DURING THE THIRD YEAR OF THE WAR (September 24, 1948) IT IS ESSENTIAL TO LAUNCH THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN (September 25, 1948) TASKS TO ELIMINATE THE ENEMY DURING THE THIRD YEAR OF THE WAR (September 27, 1948) PREPARATIONS FOR THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN (September 28, 1948) OCCUPYING YI COUNTY, JINZHOU, AND JINXI IS THE KEY TO THE WAR SITUATION IN THE NORTHEAST (September 29, 1948) DO YOUR BEST TO CAPTURE JINZHOU WITHIN ABOUT TEN DAYS (October 3, 1948) IT IS CORRECT TO FOCUS THE FIGHTING ON JINZHOU AND JINXI (October 4, 1948) LETTER TO PENG ZHEN (October 7, 1948) USE ALL OF YOUR ELITE FORCES TO FIGHT ON THE JINZHOU FRONT (October 10, 1948) CIRCULAR OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY ON THE SEPTEMBER CONFERENCE (October 10, 1948)THE CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN (October 11, 1948) ARRANGEMENTS FOR PINNING DOWN THE XUZHOU REINFORCEMENTS AND WIPING OUT HUANG BAITAO’S CORPS (October 14, 1948) THE STRATEGY FOR THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED (October 15, 1948) DO NOT LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY; STRIVE TO MAKE THE SIXTIETH ARMY REVOLT (October 16, 1948) THE REVOLUTIONARY POWER OF THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD UNITE TO OPPOSE THE IMPERIALIST INVASION: ESSAY WRITTEN FOR THE SPECIAL ISSUE OF LASTING PEACE AND PEOPLE’S DEMOCRACY COMMEMORATING THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION (October 17, 1948) POLICY AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIGHTING FOLLOWING THE OCCUPATION OF CHANGCHUN (October 19, 1948) IMMEDIATELY SET ABOUT TO ARRANGE TO COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE LIAO YAOXIANG’S CORPS (October 20, 1948) IT IS AGREED THAT THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT ACCORDING TO THE MODIFIED DEPLOYMENT (October 22, 1948) ENCOURAGING GENERAL WU HUAWEN BY TELEGRAM (October 22, 1948) LETTER TO LIU SHAOQI (October 26, 1948) MOBILIZE ALL FORCES TO ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY FORCES THAT MAY ADVANCE ON AND ATTACK SHIJIAZHUANG (October 26, 1948) THE DISPOSITIONS FOR THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CHANGING SITUATION (October 27, 1948) THE LIBERATION ARMY OF THE NORTHEAST IS CARRYING OUT ATTACKS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FRONT (October 27, 1948) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO ZENG ZESHENG (October 27, 1948) AS A WARNING, CITE EXAMPLES OF LOST BATTLES (October 28, 1948) LETTER TO LIU SHAOBAI (October 30, 1948) THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH CHINA ARMIES WILL JOIN FORCES TO ANNIHILATE FU ZUOYI’S MAIN FORCE (October 31, 1948) COMMENT ON CHIANG KAISHEK AND FU ZUOYI’S VAIN HOPE OF STAGING A SNEAK ATTACK ON SHIJIAZHUANG (October 31, 1948) OUR CENTRAL CHINA FORCES HAVE OCCUPIED NANYANG (November 5, 1948) TASKS FOR ANNIHILATING THE ENEMY DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND BATTLES OF THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN (November 7, 1948) LETTER TO LIU SHAOQI ET AL. (November 8, 1948) CUT OFF THE SU-BENG RAILWAY AND WIPE OUT THE ENEMY NORTH OF THE HUAI AND YANGZI RIVERS (November 9, 1948) BEFORE RESUMING ITS ATTACK ON GUISUI YANG CHENGWU’S UNIT SHOULD WAIT UNTIL OUR ARMIES FROM THE NORTHEAST MOVE SOUTH AND ATTACK BEIPING AND TIANJIN (November 9, 1948) WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY OVERTHROW THE GUOMINDANG WITHIN ABOUT ONE YEAR (November 11, 1948) WE MUST CONCENTRATE OUR FORCES TO COMPLETELY DESTROY HUANG BAITAO’S ARMY CORPS (November 14, 1948) A LEADING CADRE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA COMMENTS ON CHINA’S MILITARY SITUATION (November 14, 1948) WOULD IT OR WOULD IT NOT BE PREFERABLE FOR THE NORTHEAST MAIN FORCE TO CROSS THE SHANHAI PASS EARLIER? (November 16, 1948) REGARDING DEPLOYMENT TO OBSTRUCT AND ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT (November 18, 1948) OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE NEXT STEP IN THE HUAI-HAI CAMGAIGN (November 19, 1948) FIRST SECRETLY MOVE FOUR COLUMNS THROUGH THE PASS DURING THE NIGHT (November 20, 1948) YANG CHENGWU’S ARMY SHOULD PREPARE TO ADVANCE EASTWARD TO CUT OFF THE LINKS BETWEEN BEIPING AND ZHANGJIAKOU (November 22, 1948) IT IS NECESSARY TO PREPARE TO FIGHT SUCCESSIVE BATTLES TO STRIVE FOR A COMPLETE VICTORY IN THE CAMPAIGN (November 23, 1948) TEMPORARILY IGNORE THE ENEMY FORCES AT THE SHANHAI PASS AND IN QINHUANGDAO (November 24, 1948) LETTER TO WU HAN (November 24, 1948) BATTLE PLANS AFTER THE MAIN FORCES OF THE NORTHEAST ARMY ENTER THE SHANHAI PASS (November 26, 1948) SPEECHES BROADCAST TO HUANG WEI’S GROUP OF THE GUOMINDANG ARMY (November 27, 1948) SWIFTLY CATCH AND WRESTLE WITH THE ENEMY ON THE BEIPING-ZHANGJIAKOU RAILWAY (November 27, 1948) PLEASE CONSIDER THE PROBLEM OF TROOP DEPLOYMENT FOR THE BATTLES DURING THE THIRD STAGE OF THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN (November 28, 1948) WE MUST USE THE METHOD OF STORMING TO FIGHT THE FORMIDABLE FOE (December 4, 1948) REPORT ON THE OCCUPATION OF XUZHOU AND ELIMINATION OF THE ENEMY FORCES (December 6, 1948) PREPARE TO CUT OFF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN BEIPING AND TIANJIN, ENCIRCLE TANGSHAN, AND ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY IN LUTAI AND TANGGU (December 8, 1948) SWIFTLY CONSTRUCT AN OBSTRUCTIVE FRAMEWORK THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY ENEMY TO FLEE (December 10, 1948) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO HE JIFENG AND ZHANG KEXIA (December 10, 1948) TELEGRAM TO LIN BIAO, LUO RONGHUAN, AND LIU YALOU ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE BEIPING-TIANJIN CAMPAIGN (December 11, 1948) REGARDING THE SITUATION AND THE DEPLOYMENTS IN THE TIANJIN AREA (December 11, 1948) OPINIONS ON OVERALL OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES FROM NOW ON (December 12, 1948) PREVENT THE ENEMIES IN BEIPING AND TONG COUNTY FROM FLEEING (December 13, 1948) FIRMLY CONTROL THE REGION AROUND NANKOU AND BADALING (December 13, 1948) SWIFTLY ENCIRCLE TANGGU IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE ENEMY FORCES IN BEIPING, TIANJIN, AND SO FORTH. FROM FLEEING BY SEA (December 13, 1948) PREPARE TO BLOCK THE ENEMY FORCES THAT MAY FLEE FROM TIANJIN TOWARD QINGDAO THROUGH JI’NAN (December 13, 1948) ELIMINATE THE ENEMY FORCES ON THE TIANJIN–TANGGU RAILWAY AND THEN ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER THE SEAPORT (December 13, 1948) BLOCK THE ENEMY’S LINES OF RETREAT IN BEIPING, TONG COUNTY, AND TIANJIN (December 13, 1948) ENCIRCLE THE ENEMY FORCES IN BEIPING FROM THE SOUTHEAST (December 13, 1948) THE FOURTH COLUMN SHOULD REMAIN IN NANKOU AND BADALING FOR DEFENSE (December 14, 1948) ALL COLUMNS ENCIRCLING DU YUMING, QIU QINGQUAN, AND LI MI’S FORCES SHOULD ONLY DEFEND AND NOT ATTACK (December 14, 1948) BOLSTER THE FORCES BLOCKING THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF BEIPING (December 15, 1948) OUR ATTACK ON THE THIRTY-FIFTH ARMY MUST WAIT UNTIL THE ENCIRCLEMENT OF BEIPING AND TIANJIN IS COMPLETE (December 15, 1948) CONTINUOUSLY CARRY OUT POLITICAL OFFENSIVES AGAINST THE UNITS OF DU YUMING, QIU QINGQUAN, AND LI MI (December 16, 1948) PAY FULL ATTENTION TO PROTECTING BEIPING’S INDUSTRIES AND IMPORTANT CULTURAL-HISTORICAL SITES (December 17, 1948) OUR CENTRAL PLAINS AND EAST CHINA HEADQUARTERS ADVISE DU YUMING AND OTHERS TO SURRENDER QUICKLY (December 17, 1948) SWIFTLY CUT OFF TIANJIN’S CONNECTIONS WITH XINHE, TANGGU, AND OTHER LOCATIONS (December 18, 1948) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO GENERALS LIAO YUNZHOU AND YANG LIUYING (December 21, 1948) CARRY OUT THE REVOLUTION THROUGH TO THE END— 1949 NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE (December 30, 1948) January–October 1949 XINHUA NEWS AGENCY REPORTER PUBLISHES COMMENTARY EXPOSING THE PLOT OF WAR CRIMINAL CHIANG KAISHEK TO SUE FOR PEACE (January 3, 1949) THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE TASKS OF OUR PARTY IN 1949 (January 8, 1949) LIN BIAO, LUO RONGHUAN, AND NIE RONGZHEN WILL ORGANIZE A GENERAL FRONT COMMITTEE (January 10, 1949) STATEMENT ON THE CURRENT SITUATION BY MAO ZEDONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (January 14, 1949) ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH FU ZUOYI’S ARMIES AND PROBLEMS IN ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR ATTACKING THE CITY (January 16, 1949) LETTER TO SONG QINGLING (January 19, 1949) WARM CONGRATULATIONS ON THE VICTORIOUS CONCLUSION OF THE HUAI-HAI CAMPAIGN (January 20, 1949) CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SPOKESPERSON CRITICIZES RESOLUTION BY NANJING’S PUPPET EXECUTIVE YUAN (January 21, 1949) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY DELIVERS A SPEECH ON THE QUESTION OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS (January 25, 1949) DO NOT INDICATE YOUR ATTITUDE TO OUTSIDERS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION (January 26, 1949) DO NOT DISSEMINATE SLOGANS APART FROM THE EIGHT-POINT PROVISIONAL LAW AND SO FORTH (January 26, 1949) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY HARSHLY CRITICIZES THE "PEACE TALKS" PLOT OF THE NANJING PUPPET REGIME AND RELEASE OF THE JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL OKAMURA YASUJI (January 28, 1949) FUNDAMENTAL REASONS FOR THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE BEIPING PROBLEM (February 1, 1949) TELEGRAM IN RESPONSE TO LI JISHEN AND FIFTY-FIVE OTHERS (February 2, 1949) CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SPOKESPERSON ISSUES STATEMENT: PUNISHING JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS MUST BE ADDED TO THE ITEM OF PUNISHING WAR CRIMINALS (February 5, 1949) CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY SPOKESPERSON DECLARES THAT GAN JIEHOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVED IN BEIPING (February 7, 1949) DIRECTIVE OF THE CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION TO DENG [XIAOPING], CHEN [YI], ETC. ON THE TASK OF ARMY TRAINING AND CONSOLIDATING (February 9, 1949) THE IMPORTANCE OF INSTRUCTING THE TROOPS IN GENERAL GEOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE (February 10, 1949) IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PLAN TO CROSS THE YANGZI RIVER AND TO ENGAGE IN BATTLE AT THE END OF MARCH (February 11, 1949) THE BADLY SPLIT REACTIONARY GROUP STILL IDLY CLAMORS FOR "TOTAL PEACE" (February 15, 1949) THE GUOMINDANG WAR CRIMINAL FACTION MAKES A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO SAVE ITSELF BY CHANGING FROM AN "APPEAL FOR PEACE" TO AN APPEAL FOR WAR (February 16, 1949) DISCUSSING SEVERAL TYPES OF ANSWERS FROM THE NATIONALIST PARTY TO THE QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAR (February 18, 1949) REPORT TO THE SECOND PLENARY SESSION OF THE SEVENTH CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (March 5, 1949) CONCLUSIONS AT THE SECOND PLENUM OF THE SEVENTH CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (March 13, 1949) WAIT SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO STORM PUKOU AND PUZHEN (March 19, 1949) PRAISING AND ENCOURAGING THE REBEL OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE CHONGQING (March 24, 1949) REPLY TO FU ZUOYI’S TELEGRAM (April 2, 1949) CHINA’S DEMOCRATIC GROUPS JOINTLY DECLARE OPPOSITION TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY (April 3, 1949) WHITHER THE NANJING GOVERNMENT? (April 4, 1949) TAKE CARE TO RECRUIT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LIBERAL BOURGEOISIE TO TAKE PART IN OUR WORK (April 7, 1949) REPLY TO LI ZONGREN'S TELEGRAM (April 8, 1949) FORCEFULLY EXPLAIN TO CADRES AT THE DIVISIONAL LEVEL AND ABOVE THE REASONS FOR POSTPONING THE CROSSING OF THE YANGZI (April 14, 1949) OUR POSITION SHOULD BE BASED UPON NEGOTIATIONS BEING BROKEN OFF AND THE NEED TO FIGHT OUR WAY ACROSS THE RIVER (April 16, 1949) THE NEED TO SUCCEED IN CROSSING THE RIVER IN ONE ATTEMPT (April 17, 1949) A GREAT FORCE OF ONE MILLION SOLDIERS CROSSING THE RIVER AND ADVANCING SOUTHWARD WILL HAVE AN ENORMOUS EFFECT ON THE OVERALL VICTORY (April 18, 1949) A COMMAND TO MARCH THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTRY (April 21, 1949) A GREAT FORCE OF ONE MILLION SOLDIERS OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY CROSSES THE YANGZI RIVER (April 22, 1949) CHINESE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY GENERAL HEADQUARTERS ANNOUNCES EIGHT-POINT PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION (April 25, 1949) REGARDING THE PROBLEMS OF RESTRAINING TANG ENBO AND DIPLOMATIC COUNTERMEASURES (April 28, 1949) THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY OF RESOLVING THE PROBLEM IN THE NORTHWEST THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS (April 28, 1949） A POEM IN REPLY TO MR. LIU YAZI (April 29, 1949) TO THE PEKING UNIVERSITY MAY FOURTH COMMEMORATION STEERING COMMITTEE (April 30, 1949) THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY GENERAL HEADQUARTERS SPOKESPERSON’S SOLEMN STATEMENT ON THE ATROCITIES OF THE BRITISH WARSHIP (April 30, 1949) POSTPONING THE OCCUPATION OF HANGZHOU AND SHANGHAI (May 3, 1949) PROBLEMS REQUIRING ATTENTION WHEN OCCUPYING AREAS SUCH AS WUSONG AND JIAXING (May 6, 1949) ISSUES FOR HUANG HUA TO TAKE NOTE OF WHEN SPEAKING TO JOHN LEIGHTON STUART (May 10, 1949) IN APPRECIATION OF THE GUOMINDANG PARATROOPERS WHO REVOLTED (May 18, 1949) IN APPRECIATION OF THE NAVAL COMMANDERS AND SAILORS WHO REVOLTED (May 18, 1949) THE TIMING AND STEPS FOR THE ATTACK ON SHANGHAI (May 20, 1949) DEALING WITH FOREIGN WARSHIPS AND STEAMBOATS WHEN THEY ENTER THE HUANGPU RIVER (May 20, 1949) TO LIU YAZI (May 21, 1949) DEPLOYMENTS FOR THE ADVANCE OF THE FIELD ARMIES (May 23, 1949) REORGANIZE ZHANG ZHEN’S TROOPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HANDLING OF THE REVOLTING FORCES (May 25, 1949) THE BATTLE DEPLOYMENT FOR ANNIHILATING THE MAIN FORCE OF THE GUANGXI ARMIES (May 25, 1949) NOTICE REGARDING THE EXPERIENCE OF TAKING OVER ENTERPRISES IN BEIPING AND TIANJIN (May 26, 1949) APPROVAL FOR THE FIRST FIELD ARMY TO TEMPORARILY STOP ITS ADVANCE (May 26, 1949) COUNTERMEASURES AND DEPLOYMENTS PREPARED IN ADVANCE AGAINST THE MILITARY INTERVENTION BY IMPERIALISM (May 28, 1949) TO ZHANG LAN (June 1, 1949) THE PATTERNS FOR THE FLAG AND EMBLEM OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY—BY THE COMMAND OF CHINESE PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COMMISSION--- (June 15, 1949) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO GENERAL ZHANG ZHEN AND THE FORMER NINETEENTH CORPS OF THE GUOMINDANG (June 16, 1949) TO SONG QINGLING (June 19, 1949) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO GENERAL WU QIWEI ET AL. (June 21, 1949) TO HU QIAOMU (June 24, 1949) TO ZHOU GUCHENG (June 28, 1949) ON THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY (June 30, 1949) TELEGRAM CELEBRATING THE CONGRESS OF LITERARY AND ARTS WORKERS (July 1, 1949) SPEECH TO THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF LITERARY AND ARTS WORKERS (July 6, 1949) DECLARATION TO ALL PARTIES AND GROUPS ON THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE NEW POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMEMORATING THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSAY OF THE "JULY 7TH" WAR OF RESISTANCE AGAINST JAPAN (July 7, 1949) RELYING ON THE MASSES TO COMPLETE THE TASK OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (July 9, 1949) THE COLUMNS IN THE REGION OF FUJIAN, GUANGDONG, AND JIANGXI NEED TO FIGHT INDEPENDENTLY BEFORE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER (July 9, 1949) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO GENERAL ZUO XIEZHONG ET AL. (July 11, 1949) CARRY OUT OUTFLANKING TACTICS BY SURROUNDING FROM A DISTANCE TO PURSUE AND ANNIHILATE BAI CHONGXI’S FORCES (July 16, 1949) ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE ANNIHILATION OF BAI CHONGXI’S TROOPS (July 17, 1949) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE POPULAR SOCIALIST PARTY OF CUBA (July 21, 1949) PERSPECTIVES ON CARRYING OUT THE PINGLIANG CAMPAIGN AND ADVANCING WEST TO ENGAGE IN BATTLE (July 23, 1949) WE ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES (July 31, 1949) SIMULTANEOUSLY USE POLITICAL MEANS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE IN THE NORTHWEST REGION (August 6, 1949) WINNING OVER CHENG QIAN AND OTHERS TO OUR SIDE WOULD HAVE AN ENORMOUS POLITICAL EFFECT (August 6, 1949) TO YANG KAIZHI (August 10, 1949) WE AGREE TO THE POLICY OF "NOT MOVING THE CENTER AND LEVELING THE TWO SIDES" TO RESOLVE THE LAND PROBLEM IN HENAN (August 10, 1949) REGARDING THE ORIENTATION OF LABOR UNION WORK (August 11, 1949) MAO ZEDONG CALLS FOR UNITY TO BUILD A PEOPLE’S CAPITAL (August 13, 1949) CAST AWAY ILLUSONS, PREPARE FOR STRUGGLE (August 14, 1949) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO GENERAL CHENG QIAN, GENERAL CHEN MINGREN, ET AL. (August 16, 1949) TELEGRAM TO EHMETJAN QASIMI (August 18, 1949) FAREWELL, LEIGHTON STUART! (August 18, 1949) TO JIANG YONG (August 19, 1949) TELEGRAM CELEBRATING THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY USA (August 23, 1949) LETTER TO HUANG YANPEI (August 24, 1949) ALL-CLASS PEOPLE’S CONGRESSES SHOULD BE HELD IN ALL COUNTIES AND CITIES WITH POPULATIONS EXCEEDING THIRTY THOUSAND (August 26, 1949) LETTER TO HUANG YANPEI (August 26, 1949) THE FOURTH COMMENTARY ON THE WHITE PAPER (August 28, 1949) THE FIFTH COMMENTARY ON THE WHITE PAPER (August 30, 1949) WE MUST MAINTAIN ORDER IN SHANGHAI AND MAKE PLANS FOR THE GENERAL SITUATION (September 2, 1949) INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONVENING ALL-SECTOR REPRESENTATIVE MEETINGS IN ALL LOCALITIES (September 4, 1949) CONVENE ALL-CLASS PEOPLE’S CONGRESSES IN THE COUNTIES (September 7, 1949) INSTRUCTIONS TO THE GANZHOU MEETING AND REGARDING THE ADVANCE TO SOUTH CHINA (September 8, 1949) THE POLICY OF FIRST ENCIRCLING AND THEN GOING BACK TO FIGHT THE ENEMIES IN THE SOUTHEAST (September 12, 1949) SWIFTLY CONVENE REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESSES (September 16, 1949) THE SIXTH COMMENTARY ON THE WHITE PAPER (September 16, 1949) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO DONG QIWU ET AL. (September 20, 1949) HENCEFORTH THE CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD UP (September 21, 1949) TO SHEN YANBING (September 23, 1949) THE KEY TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF XINJIANG IS FOR OUR PARTY TO CLOSELY COOPERATE WITH THE UYGHUR NATIONALITY (September 26, 1949) TELEGRAM IN REPLY TO TAO ZHIYUE AND BAO ERHAN (September 28, 1949) LONG LIVE THE GREAT UNITY OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE (September 30, 1949) ETERNAL GLORY TO THE PEOPLE’S HEROES (September 30, 1949)