Zhou Enlai's request to Stalin to increase its assistance by dispatching anti-epidemiological specialists.
March 10, 1952
Ciphered Telegram No. 17318 from Beijing, Zhou Enlai to Filippov [Stalin]
10 марта 1952 г.
Ввиду того, что противник продолжает сбрасывать в Маньчжурии большое количество насекомых-бациллоносителей, в результате наших перерасчетов количество на три вида противоэпидемических средств, запрашиваемых в заявке от 7 марта сего года, будет недостаточно.
Мы просим советское правительство помимо количества, предусмотренного в заявке от 7 марта сего года, дополнительно поставить нам следующие противоэпидемические средства: чистый «ДДТ» - 600 тонн, противочумная живая вакцина - 20 миллионов доз, тетравакцина (брюшной тиф, паратиф А, паратиф Б, холера) - 20.миллионов доз.
Просим советское правительство срочно доставить часть из вышеуказанных средств и запрошенных нами в заявке от 7 марта сего года авиатранспортом в город Пекин, если это будет возможно.
Прошу включить этот заказ в расчет по товарообороту.
Прошу сообщить возможность о поставке.
Сприветом.
Чжоу Эньлай
10 March 1952
In view of the fact that the enemy is continuing to drop a large quantity of insect bacilli-carriers in Manchuria, our recalculations indicate that the quantity of the three types of anti-epidemiological means requested in the note sent on 7 March will be insufficient.
We request that, in addition to the quantity envisaged in the note sent on 7 March, the Soviet Government also supply us with the following additional anti-epidemiological means: pure DDT – 600 tons; live anti-plague vaccine – 20 million doses; and tetanus vaccine (typhoid fever, parasitic typhus A, parasitic typhus B, cholera) – 20 million doses.
We request that the Soviet Government urgently send to Beijing some of the above-mentioned means and the items we requested in the note on 7 March by air transport, if that is possible.
I request that this order be included in the account for goods exchanged.
I request that you let us know about the possibility of this supply.
With greetings,
ZHOU ENLAI
Zhou Enlai's request to Stalin to supply more anti-epidemiological aid to China.
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RGASPI, f. 558, op. 11, d. 342, ll. 0104. Contributed and translated by Mark Kramer.
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