Zhou and Casey discuss issues of Korean unification, PRCs recognition in the UN, and Indochina. Zhou insists that if a nation establishes military bases in another country's territory, it is for aggressive reasons.
June 18, 1954
Record of Conversation between R.G. Casey and Chou En-lai [Zhou Enlai], Geneva, 18th June 1954
Record of conversation in first person by Australian official R.G. Casey during the Geneva Conference 1954. Casey discusses his first meeting with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and describes Zhou's attitude toward the situation in Korea and Indochina.
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- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Geneva Conference (1954)
- China--Foreign relations--Great Britain
- China--Foreign relations--United States
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954--Laos
- China--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia
- Australia--Foreign relations--China
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954--Cambodia
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