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Portrait of Peng Dehuai

Peng, Dehuai 1898- 1974

Portrait of Peng Dehuai

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June 27, 1981

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June 21, 1975

Conversation Record of Chairman Mao Zedong’s Meeting with Pol Pot, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea

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May 5, 1966

Meeting with Comrade Mao Zedong on 5 May 1966

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October 8, 1950

Telegram from Mao Zedong to Filippov (Stalin)

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June 27, 1966

Excerpt from a Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Albanian Party Leaders, 27 June 1966

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