January 5, 1950
Telegram, Mao Zedong to CCP Central Committee
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To the Central Committee [of the Chinese Communist Party]:
Please pay attention to two matters:
(1) When the question of replacing the [old] Sino-Soviet treaty with a new treaty has been reviewed by the Government Administrative Council and the [Central People's] Government Council, please urge all the participants to maintain secrecy.
(2) Before Zhou [Enlai] departs with his more than ten [assistants], or on their way [travelling to Moscow], it is necessary for him to assemble all those people to declare discipline to them, telling them that undisciplined words and actions are prohibited, and that they must obey orders on every occasion.
Mao Zedong
9:00 p.m., 5 January [1950]
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Mao Zedong urges the Central Committee to ensure the secrecy of the Sino-Soviet negotiations for a new treaty.
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