The General Bureau for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries asks Li Fuchun for guidance on the terms of dispatching Chinese agricultural experts to Mali.
January 30, 1962
Record of the State Council's Answer to the General Bureau for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries’ Request for Instructions
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Record of the State Council's Answer to the General Bureau for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries’ Request for Instructions
Report Number: Document No. 31
Report Date: 24 January 1962
Report Content: “Regarding Instructions for the Exchange of Notes on the Chinese Agricultural Experts Going to Mali”
The [following] commentary [is the] written opinion [of the State Council]
Vice Premier [Li] Fuchun’s Instructions as of 25 January [1962]:
“Comrade Premier Chen Yi's response is that he generally agrees [with the document].” Remove the sentence “I am very grateful” on the third line of the fourth page of the attached document. Add one word “if/as if” in front of “Your Excellency XXX”. Also, add the sentence “I would be very grateful” on the second line from the bottom.
([The] Premier, and Vice Premier Chen Yi [have] already marked up [the document]). [The] Premier has the following adjustments to be made to the attachment, Article III shall be changed to Article V, Article IV shall be changed to Article III, Article V shall be changed to Article IV.)
Office of the General Bureau for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries
30 January 1962
Li Fuchun and Chen Yi provide instructions to the General Bureau for Economic Relations with Foreign Countries on assistance to Mali.
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PRC FMA 108-00800-03. Obtained by Gregg Brazinsky and translated by Marian Rosenberg.
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