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PRC Vice Premier Chen Yi

Chen, Yi 1901- 1972

PRC Vice Premier Chen Yi

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Human Choices that Ended the Cold War

The following selection of characters is by its nature arbitrary and hardly definitive, but it is meant to illustrate and illuminate, to suggest further topics for research, and to connect the end of the Cold War both to the present and to the nearly 50-year past. Perhaps the geological metaphor applies here: These individuals are the human faces for moments of punctuated equilibrium in the evolution of international politics, or earthquakes that expose the long-term grinding of geopolitical tectonic palates.

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Thomas Blanton

Connected Conn.

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October 2, 1959

Discussion between N.S. Khrushchev and Mao Zedong

Khrushchev and Mao discuss current political situations in Tibet, India, Indochina and Taiwan.

April 1963

Report from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'The Soviet Union’s Stance on the Sino-Indian Boundary Question and Soviet-Indian Relations'

An extensive report from the Chinese Foreign Ministry on the Soviet Union's policies vis-a-vis the Sino-Indian Border War.

July 5, 1961

Record of a Conversation between N. S. Khrushchev and Chen Yi, Deputy Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China

Chen asks Khrushchev to go over the pressing international issues and he presents the USSR's stances on the situation in Laos, South Korea, and Cuba. Khrushchev also raises problems in GDR and difficulties in negotiations with Western powers with regards to the German question. Khrushchev also mentions Soviet plans to launch a spaceship and resume nuclear testing. The two leaders also discuss the challenges of agricultural development.

March 8, 1964

Record of Premier Zhou Enlai's Conversations with the President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah

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December 17, 1963

Record of the Second Meeting between Premier Zhou Enlai and President Nasser

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