Mao decides to broadcast a statement to Taiwan about the shelling of Jinmen Island.
November 2, 1958
Mao Zedong's Draft Broadcast Written for the Xiamen Frontline
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为厦门前线写的广播稿
（一九五八年十一月二日）
一
金门群岛军民同胞们注意：
明日，十一月三号，是个单日，你们千万不要出来。注意，注意！[1]
二
发周总理。
今日（十一月二日）下午，厦门前线口头广播，反复三次。
根据毛泽东手稿刊印。
[1]这个广播稿正式播出时，周恩来在“明日”前又增加了：“今日十一月二号，是个双日，我们一炮未打，你们得到补给。”一句。
Draft Broadcast Written for the Xiamen Frontline
(1)
Attention, Military and Civilian Compatriots on the Kinmen Islands [Quemoy; also spelled Jinen]:
Tomorrow, 3 November, is an odd-numbered day. You must make sure not to come outside. Do be careful![1]
(2)
Deliver to Premier Zhou.
The Xiamen Front must broadcast [the message] this afternoon (2 November) for three times.
[1] When this broadcast script was officially broadcast, Zhou Enlai added another sentence before "tomorrow": "Today is November 2nd, which is a even numbered day. We have not fired a single shot, and you have received supplies."
Mao sends a message to be broadcast to Taiwan warning that the shelling of Kinmen 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), 491.
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