Mao decides to broadcast a statement to Taiwan about the shelling of Jinmen Island.
November 2, 1958
Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai
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Part One
Attention, Military and Civilian Compatriots on the Jinmen Islands:
Tomorrow, 3 November, is an odd-numbered day. You must make sure not to come outside. Do be careful!
Part Two
Deliver to Premier Zhou.
The Xiamen Front must broadcast [the message] this afternoon (2 November) for three times.
Mao sends a message to be broadcast to Taiwan warning that the shelling of Jinmen Island would continue on odd-numbered days.
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Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiushi, ed., Jianguo yilai Mao Zedong wengao (Mao Zedong’s Manuscripts since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China), vol. 7 (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 1992).
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