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March 1, 1962	Note given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peking, to the Embassy of India in China, 1 March 1962
July 21, 1962	Note given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peking, to the Embassy of India in China, 21 July 1962
December 14, 1962	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'On India’s Possible Severing Diplomatic Relations with China' The Chinese Foreign Ministry offers a contingency plan in the event that India, in response to the Sino-Indian Border War, were to sever diplomatic relations with the PRC.
December 9, 1962	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'India’s Possible Announcement of Severing Relations with China and China’s Countermeasures' The Chinese Foreign Ministry offers a contingency plan in the event that India, in response to the Sino-Indian Border War, were to sever diplomatic relations with the PRC.
October 26, 1962	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Explanation to Burma about the Line of Actual Control' The Chinese Foreign Ministry claims that India is "reoccupying" territories and has crossed the Line of Actual Control.
April 1963	Report from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'The Soviet Union’s Stance on the Sino-Indian Boundary Question and Soviet-Indian Relations' An extensive report from the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the Soviet Union's policies vis-a-vis the Sino-Indian Border War.
August 18, 1963	Cable from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the General Department, and the General Staff Department, 'Supplementary Report on Handling the Bodies of the Indian Army along the Western Sector of the Sino-Indian Border' Zhou Enlai's instructions regarding the clearing of bodies of Indian personnel and possible Indian provocative actions related to this issue.
August 13, 1963	Memorandum from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Report on the request of the Indian Red Cross to collect and cremate the bodies of their soldiers in accordance with Indian customs. The Chinese Red Cross agreed to carry out the cremation.
December 27, 1962	Report from the First Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 'A Comparison of China’s and India’s Actions since 21 November 1962' The Chinese report juxtaposed India's provocative actions and China's restrained measures regarding the border dispute.
November 16, 1962	Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 'Preliminary Study of Consequences of Severing Relations with India' As per Zhou Enlai's request, the Chinese Foreign Ministry put together a preliminary study of the consequences of and how to respond to two contingencies: 1/India severed diplomatic relations with China and 2/India declared war on China