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January 27, 1964	[Mao Zedong's] Remarks on the Recent Patriotic and Just Struggle of the Japanese People to Oppose American Imperialism Mao expresses support for an anti-American demonstration that recently occurred in Japan. He calls for Chinese people, Japanese people, and all other oppressed people of the world to unite against the United States.
January 12, 1964	[Mao Zedong's] Remarks to a Reporter from the People's Daily on the Patriotic Struggle of Panamanian People to Oppose American Imperialism Mao expresses support for opposition to American imperialism in Panama and calls for unity in the global socialist camp.
January 9, 1964	Letter of Condolence for President Nkrumah [from Mao Zedong] Mao writes to President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana after he escapes an attempted assassination. He promises to support the Ghanaian people and their anti-imperialist struggle.
August 29, 1963	Statement [from Mao Zedong] Opposing [the Combined Efforts] of the United States and Ngô Đình Diệm to Subjugate and Massacre the People of Southern Vietnam Mao echoes a recent statement from Ho Chi Minh, opposing American imperialist aggression in South Vietnam. He urges revolutionaries around to support South Vietnamese [communists] in their struggle against the Americans and Ngo Dinh Diem. (Note: Originally published in the People's Daily on August 30, 1963.)
August 8, 1963	Statement [from Mao Zedong] Appealing the People of the World to Unite against the Racial Discrimination of American Imperialism [and to] Support Black Americans' Opposition of Racism At the request of Robert F. Williams, a former NAACP leader who fled to Cuba, Mao condemns racism against black Americans in the United States. He discusses several notable events in the American civil rights movement, from the Little Rock Crisis of 1957 to the then-upcoming March on Washington, and calls on "enlightened people of all races around the world" to support the struggle of black Americans.
March 22, 1960	Mao Zedong, 'On the Anti-Chinese Problem' Mao asserts that only a small percentage of people in the world—imperialists, reactionaries, and revisionists—truly oppose communist China.
May 15, 1959	Mao Zedong, 'On Sino-Indian Relations' In commenting on a speech for China's ambassador to India, Mao emphasizes that, overall, India is a friendly country. China's primary enemy is not India but the imperialist United States. (The name of Ambassador Pan Zili is redacted throughout.)
April 15, 1959	Summary of [Mao Zedong's] Speech at the 16th Supreme State Council Meeting Mao discusses issues related to Tibet, including his conversations with the Dalai Lama and foreign opposition to Chinese communist actions in the region.
December 1, 1958	[Mao Zedong] on [How and Why] All Imperialists and Reactionaries Are Paper Tigers Mao argues that the Chinese communists can regard imperialists and reactionaries as "dead, paper, and tofu tigers" because they have become backward and unrevolutionary. But on the other hand, since tigers can eat people, China still needs to think strategically and engage in class struggle.
November 25, 1958	[Mao Zedong's] Comments on Two Reports about International Issues First, Mao asserts that the Western world will eventually splinter. Second, he notes that proletariat is gaining new allies every day.