Chapter 95 The Central Working Committee is working under the chairmanship of Liu Shaoqi[1]

(March 30, 1947) Comrade He Long turned to Enlai: (1) The Central Committee decided to organize the Central Working Committee to carry out various tasks under the chairmanship of Shaoqi.Comrades Zhu and Liu [2] will leave tomorrow evening from Shizui Station (seventy miles south of Suide) to Linxian County to join Comrades Dong and Ye [3] and go to Taihang via Wutai.Personnel from agencies directly under the central government who have arrived in the northwest of Shanxi should go to Taihang one part and evacuate the other part on the spot according to the previous proposal. (2) After receiving the call, please come back within a few days. Afterwards, Mao, Zhou, and Bi[4] will preside over the central committee.We are now near Shizui Station.

(3) The enemy has occupied two stretches [5], and the next move is to be investigated. (4) If the enemy attacks Qingjian, we are going to move between Anding and Baoan [6].In order not to be cut off by the enemy, please go back to Hexi as soon as possible. Liu, Zhu, Dong and Ye will handle the affairs of Hexi. Mao Bi Yin Sanshen Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is a telegram sent by Mao Zedong and Ren Bishi to Zhou Enlai, Commander of the Jinsui Military Region, He Long.

[2] Zhu and Liu refer to Zhu De and Liu Shaoqi. [3] Dong, referring to Dong Biwu, who was then a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Working Committee of the Communist Party of China.Ye, referring to Ye Jianying, who was then Secretary of the Rear Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. [4] Mao, Zhou, and Bi refer to Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Ren Bishi. [5] Two extensions refer to Yanchang and Yanchuan. [6] Anding, now Zichang County.Baoan, now Zhidan County.