Chapter 63 Order of the Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China [1]

(October 13, 1958) Comrades of the People's Liberation Army on the front line in Fujian: The Kinmen bombardment will stop for another two weeks from today, so as to observe the enemy's dynamics and ensure that the soldiers and civilians in Kinmen will be fully supplied, including food and military equipment, so that they can stick to it.Soldiers never tire of cheating, this is not cheating.This is for the Americans.This is a national cause, and the boundaries between China and the United States must be clearly drawn.When we do this, overall speaking, it does not harm ourselves and benefits others.Who is it beneficial to? It is beneficial to the 10 million Chinese people in Taiwan, Penghu, Jinan, and Malays [2], and the 650 million people of the whole nation, but it is not beneficial to the Americans.Some Communists may not yet understand this truth.How did you come up with such an idea? I don’t understand, I don’t understand! Comrades, you will understand after a while.Americans staying in Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait must go back.There is no reason for them to stay here, and it is impossible not to leave.Among the Chinese in Taiwan, Penghu, Jin, and Ma, there are many patriots and few traitors.Therefore, political work must be done to gradually awaken the majority of the Chinese there and isolate the few traitors.With time, the results will be seen.Until the Kuomintang in Taiwan holds peace talks with us and obtains a reasonable solution, the civil war will still exist.The spokesperson of Taiwan said: Stop fighting, stop fighting, it is just a trick of the Communist Party.Stopping and beating, it is true, but it is not a trick.If you don't want peace talks, fighting is inevitable.While you are adopting the current stubborn attitude, we have the freedom to fight and stop if we want.The Americans want to have a hand in our country's civil war, and they call it a cease-fire, which makes you laugh.What qualifications do Americans have to talk about this issue? May I ask who do they represent? They represent nothing.Do they represent the Americans? There is no war between China and the United States, and there is no fire to stop.Do they represent the Taiwanese? The Taiwan authorities have not issued them a letter of appointment, and the KMT leader is fundamentally opposed to the Sino-US talks.The American nation is a great nation, and its people are good.They do not want war, they welcome peace.But some of the staff of the U.S. government, such as Dulles[3] and his like, are really not very clever.That is to say, the so-called ceasefire lacks common sense. The recovery of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu in its entirety and the completion of the reunification of the motherland is the sacred task of our 650 million people.This is China's internal affairs, and outsiders have no right to interfere, nor the United Nations.All the aggressors and their lackeys in the world will be buried, and it won't be long.They must not escape.Even if they want to hide in the moon.Kou can go, so can I, and I can always be caught.In a word, victory belongs to the people of the whole world.Americans are not allowed to escort the Kinmen waters.If there is an escort, fire immediately.Follow this order!

Defense Minister Peng Dehuai October 13, 1958 at one o'clock in the morning According to the publication of "People's Daily" on October 13, 1958. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This was drafted by Mao Zedong. [2] Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Ma refer to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu. [3] Dulles, then US Secretary of State.