1950年1月2日,毛泽东向西南军区领导人邓小平、刘伯承、贺龙发报指示:“进军西藏宜早不宜迟,越早越有利,迟则夜长梦多。”西南局制定了解放西藏方针:“政治重于军事,补给重于战斗。”并报经中共中央批准,组成以第18军军长张国华、政治委员谭冠三为正、副书记的中国共产党西藏工作委员会,准备进军西藏。 On January 2, 1950, Mao Zedong directed Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng and He Long, leaders of the southwest military region, to issue an instruction: “It is better not to delay the advance in Tibet sooner or later, the sooner the better, the latter will have more long-term dreams.” The Southwest Bureau formulated the Tibet Liberation Guideline: “Political emphasis on the military, supply is more important than fighting.” And submitted to the approval of the CPC Central Committee, composed of the 18th Commander Zhang Guohua, political commissar of the Tan Guan San positive, deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Tibet Working Committee, ready to enter Tibet.