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March 28, 1961	Summary of the Conversation between Comrade Peng Zhen and Romanian Ambassador in China Barbu Zaharescu Peng Zhen and Barbu Zaharescu discuss China's "great famine."
April 15, 1961	Cable from Wang Bingnan, 'The Situation of the Talk with Ochab' Edward Ochab insists that Poland "is friendly toward China."
June 2, 1961	Vice Premier Li Xiannian Meets Czechoslovak Ambassador to China Josef Sedivy to Discuss the Issue of This Years’ Sino-Czechoslovak Trade Negotiations Li Xiannian describes the difficulties facing China in the wake of the "disaster" and its inability to meet trade obligations with other socialist countries.
August 25, 1960	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Investigative Report on the [North] Korean Embassy in Beijing Supposedly Assuming Responsibility for the Provision of Essential Foodstuffs to Korean Residents of Beijing' The North Korean embassy seeks to provide additional food to Korean expatriates living in Beijing, apparently due to the Great Leap famine.
February 1, 1961	Cable from the Chinese Embassy in Poland, 'A Summary of the Conversation between Ochab and Comrade Deng Gang' Edward Ochab and Deng Gang discuss the "difficult" situation in China following the Great Leap Forward.