The Chinese Embassy reports on new pressure placed on Chinese students at colleges in the Soviet Union.
March 18, 1965
Cable from the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Higher Education, ‘On the Problem of Internships for Students Studying Abroad'
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People's Republic of China Ministry of Higher Education Received Cable
Level: Elevated
From the Soviet Union Desk/No. 166
Received: No. 1489//1965.3.18
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On the Problem of Internships for Students Studying Abroad
To the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Arrangements were made by the department yesterday for students studying abroad in the chemical automation technology major atD. Mendeleev University of Chemical Engineering (of which we have two).
Students majoring in electric vacuums already working at the factory (of which we have three) were originally told they would intern for six weeks, but after arriving at the factory were informed that the time had been changed to only five weeks.
Yesterday, the school sent a general branch committee member to the factory. His attitude toward me was cold, and he informed me that their five weeks of internship would include one week of classes, further reducing their actual internship to only four weeks. When I was negotiating with the school concerning the problems of students in other majors, I also brought this up and asked them to go back to the original plan. I am currently standing by, awaiting instruction.
[Chinese Embassy] in the USSR
18 March 1965
The Chinese Embassy reports that internships for Chinese students in the Soviet Union are being cut short in the aftermath of the protests in front of the American embassy in Moscow.
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PRC FMA 109-02859-02, 39. Obtained by You Lan and translated by Jake Tompkins.
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