Mali requests that China dispatch experts in wood carving, ivory carving, and jewelry making.
October 8, 1964
Cable from the Chinese Embassy in Mali, ‘Regarding the Matter of Sending Handicraft Teachers'
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Regarding the Matter of Sending Handicraft Teachers [to Mali]
To the [Chinese] Embassy in Mali:
[We have] received your cable of 11 September. [We have] been unable to choose a jewelry expert. Ivory and wood carving experts have been chosen. But choosing translators has been difficult. [They will] not be able to be sent this year.
Foreign Cultural Liaison Committee
8 October [1964]
The Chinese Foreign Cultural Liaison Committee reports that Chinese experts in ivory and wood carving will "not be able to be sent" to Mali in 1964.
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PRC FMA 108-01057-03. Obtained by Gregg Brazinsky and translated by Marian Rosenberg.
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