Mao informs Stalin that they published a list of conditions under which they would consider entering negotiations with the Chinese Nationalist Government in Nanjing.
January 15, 1949
Ciphered Telegram No. 0356, Filippov [Stalin] to Comrade Mao Zedong
[...]
To Comrade Mao Zedong.
We have just received your last short telegram, which shows that we now have unanimous opinions on the issue of the Nanjing peace proposal and that the Communist party of China has already started its "peace" campaign. Thus, the matter is now closed.
Filippov [Stalin]
15 January 1949
[...]
Stalin received Mao's latest telegram; consensus has been reached by the Chinese communist party and the Soviet Union on "peace talks" with the Guomindang.
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APRF, f. 45, op. 1, d. 330, p. 118, and RGASPI, f. 558, op. 11, d. 330, ll. 0118.
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