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January 27, 1962

Liu Shaoqi, 'Report at the Expanded Central Work Meeting'

Liu Shaoqi's address at the 7,000 Cadres Conference.

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.

September 29, 1960

Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK A.M. Puzanov for 29 September 1960

A.M. Puzanov and Chinese ambassador Qiao Xiaoguang share information on the recent harvest conditions in both countries, industrial development in China, and the 15th UN General Assembly Session.

January 1, 1961

Report from Polish Military Attache in Beijing

Military Attache Siwicki reports on the year's biggest issues such as; the economic crisis in China, Great Chinese Famine; discrepancies in ideology between USSR and China, such as questions of loyalty to Communist cause in the leadership and army; Chinese's interest in weapons of mass destruction; poor condition of Chinese army and society in general; and China's imperialist goals and overview of interactions with other 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.

October 2, 1958

Memorandum of Conversation of Mao Zedong with Six Delegates of the Socialist Countries, China, 2 October 1958

To the other delegates, Mao discusses their shared goal of defeating imperialism, primarily through peaceful methods. He stresses widespread Marxist reeducation of the Chinese people and increased Chinese industrial and agricultural production as means for improvement. Mao also reminds them that socialist nations must be firmly united under the leadership of the Soviet Union to fight colonialism and imperialism, and while the communes are necessary to organize locally, the party remains the core administrative unite of communized peoples.

June 3, 1959

Report of Conversation with the General Secretary of the CCP CC, Deng Xiaoping

Pagination