November 1960
Note from the GPRA General Secretary, ‘Issue: War Material'
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1- ISSUE: WAR MATERIAL
A shipment of war material coming by ship will soon leave China for Alexandria. The Chinese Embassy in Cairo will communicate the arrival date and the name of the ship, when appropriate. [The embassy] requests confirmation of the agreement of UAR authorities to facilitate the operations.
Statements, Chinese Embassy (20 November 1960, at 2 pm)
Magazine for machine gun: US-type [illegible] (9 caliber): 20.000
Magazine for US- type rifle: 15.000
Magazine for machine gun 11.4: 15.000
Shovels: 2.000
Pickaxes: 2.000
Question: Can we deliver these unassembled to facilitate transportation? Answer: Yes.
Dried pepper: 5 tons (do we really need this item?)
The General Secretary
List of war materials sent from China to Algeria, to support Algerian fight against France.
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