Stalin asks Mao, through Terebin (Andrei Orlov), to visit Moscow in November so Mao will be able to see all of the important Soviet leaders.
July 14, 1948
Ciphered Telegram No. 69738 from Terebin to Kuznetsov
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Reporting:
14 [July] at 14:30 local time conveyed Stalin's telegram to Mao Zedong. Ren Bishi was translating. Mao Zedong listened with a subtle smile, said: “good, good” and then asked to convey to you the following text, dictated by him and translated by Ren Bishi:
“Com[rade] Stalin.
Agree with your opinion, related in the telegram dated 14 July. Will postpone trip to you to late October-early November.
Mao Zedong. 14 July."
The small conversation, which took place afterwards, will be passed on as a separate issue.
No. 186 Terebin 14.7 [1948]
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Terebin discusses briefly Mao's reaction to Stalin's telegram, dated July 14, 1948, and gives Mao's response.
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APRF, F. 39, Op. 1, D. 31, L. 38, and RGASPI, f. 558, op. 11, d. 330, ll.0034. Reprinted in Andrei Ledovskii, Raisa Mirovitskaia and Vladimir Miasnikov, Sovetsko-Kitaiskie Otnosheniia, Vol. 5, Book 1, 1946-February 1950 (Moscow: Pamiatniki Istoricheskoi Mysli, 2005), pp. 447-448. Translated by Sergey Radchenko.
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