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February 7, 1979	General Meeting of Prime Minister and Vice Premier Deng (Summary Record) Deng and Ohira discuss China and Japan's relations with Pakistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the U.S.
December 14, 1983	Cable from Géza Kótai, 'Report on the China Consultation of CC International Departments of Fraternal Parties of Ten Socialist Countries' Report on annual Interkit meeting to coordinate Soviet bloc analysis of and policy towards China.
May 21, 1979	Notes on a Meeting in Seoul on 5 May 1979, 10:30 – 12:30 AM Kurt Waldheim and Park Chung Hee discuss the Secretary General's recent trip to Pyongyang and conversation with Kim Il Sung, as well as the possibilities for dialogue between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States.
February 16, 1979	Memorandum dated 14 February 1979 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Chinese Authorities' Intensified Armed Activities on the Viet Nam Border and their Frantic War Preparations against Viet Nam Vietnam claims that China has "intensified armed activities" on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
February 10, 1979	Urgent Message from Nguyen Duy Trinh Nguyen Duy Trinh informs the UN Secretary General of China's military maneuvers on the Sino-Vietnamese border.
May 1, 1979	Notes on a Meeting held during the Secretary-General's Visit to Peking, 1 May 1979 Deng Xiaoping criticizes Vietnam as a regional hegemon in his a meeting with Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.
April 30, 1979	Notes on a Meeting in the Great People's Palace in Peking on 30 April 1979 at 9 A.M Huang Hua says that "the Vietnamese were the Cubans of Asia but rather more dangerous." In addition to commenting on the situation in Indochina, Huang weighs in on Soviet and Cuban policies toward the Third World, events in the Middle East, and China's involvement in the United Nations.
April 30, 1979	Notes on a Meeting held during the Secretary-General's Visit to Peking on 30 April 1979 Prince Nordom Sihanouk weighs in on the situation in Cambodia, stating that though the situation is grim, "his own policy was to wait and see" what would happen next.
March 16, 1979	Notes on a Meeting held in the Secretary-General's Office on Friday, 16 March 1979, at 10.30 pm Ambassador Chen Chu and Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim discuss the situation in Indochina.
February 16, 1979	Memorandum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Chinese Authorities' Intensified Armed Activities on the Viet Nam Border and their Frantic War Preparations against Viet Nam A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Report outlining its allegations that China is provoking hostilities on the Sino-Vietnamese border.