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April 2, 1965	Excerpt from a Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Pakistani President Ayub Khan Zhou Enlai addresses African and European concerns relating to the war in South Vietnam. He attempts to answer the questions of: the possibility of the war’s worldwide expansion, China’s role and the possibility of negotiation.
April 8, 1965	Discussion between Liu Shaoqi and Le Duan China offers military services to Vietnam, on the condition that Vietnam invites them first; Vietnam accepts.
May 16, 1965	Discussion between Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Min asks Mao Zedong for help to build roads along the border to South Vietnam; Mao agrees.
May 16, 1965	Discussion between Zhou Enlai, Nguyen Van Hieu and Nguyen Thi Binh Zhou Enlai addresses Nguyen Van Hieu and Nguyen Thi Binh concerning the steps to take should the US escalate in Vietnam and expand into China, comparing Vietnam to Korea.
May 17, 1965	Discussion between Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and Ho Chi Minh Zhou Enlai and Deng Xioaping offer to chastise Soviet revisionists on behalf of North Vietnam
May 28, 1965	Discussion between Zhou Enlai and Indonesian Prime Minister Subandrio Zhou Enlai outlines the Chinese reaction should the US expand the Vietnam War into China, reassuring Subandrio that should the war enter China, his country is prepared to retaliate.
June 4, 1965	Discussion between Zhou Enlai and Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere Zhou Enlai sees the current US involvement in the Congo as a serious situation, but, on a worldwide scale, Vietnam is much more serious.
July 16, 1965	Discussion between Mao Zedong and Hoang Van Hoan Mao Zedong advises Hoang Van Hoan to escalate without hesitation, as the war has already begun to do so.
October 9, 1965	Discussion between Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong Zhou Enlai addresses Pham Van Dong, not supporting the idea of Soviet volunteers entering Vietnam and discussing Cambodian involvement in the war.
December 17, 1965	Discussion between Chen Yi and Nguyen Duy Trinh Chen Yi advocates the use of negotiation alongside fighting.