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May 10, 1948
Cable, Mao Zedong to Filippov [Stalin]
Mao says that his poor health requires him to delay his trip further.
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May 10, 1948
Cable, Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong
Filippov (Stalin) suggests that, because of possible dangers, Mao delay his trip to Moscow even further.
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July 04, 1948
Cable, Mao Zedong to Stalin
Mao states to Stalin that his health is no longer a problem and that he, Mao, may now go to Moscow. Mao discusses the best means for doing so.
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July 14, 1948
Cable, Stalin to Mao Zedong [via Terebin]
Stalin asks Mao, through Terebin (Andrei Orlov), to visit Moscow in November so Mao will be able to see all of the important Soviet leaders.
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July 14, 1948
Ciphered Telegram No. 69738 from Terepin to Kuznetsov
Terebin discusses briefly Mao's reaction to Stalin's telegram, dated July 14, 1948, and gives Mao's response.
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July 17, 1948
Cable, Terebin to Stalin [via Kuznetsov]
Terebin (Andrei Orlov) gives Kuznetsov (Stalin) his, Terebin's, interpretation of Mao's reaction to Stalin's cable asking that Mao's visit be delayed several months.
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July 28, 1948
Cable, Terebin to Stalin [via Kuznetsov]
Terebin (Andrei Orlov) discusses Mao's plans for conversation when the trip to Moscow is made. Terebin lists seven questions of Mao's that Mao will bring up upon arriving in the USSR.
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September 28, 1948
Cable, Mao Zedong to Stalin
Mao agrees to delay his visit to the USSR until November, but asks that, Stalin and the Cenral Committee give advice about several questions Mao had stated previously.
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October 17, 1948
Cable, Terebin to Stalin
Mao asks, through Terebin, whether or not he, Mao, will be picked up by a Soviet plane when he heads to Moscow. Terebin recounts the detailed planning that Mao has done for the trip.
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October 17, 1948
Cable, Stalin to Mao Zedong [via Terebin]
Stalin tells Mao, through Terebin (Andrei Orlov), that he, Stalin, received Mao's letter and that the Soviet leaders would answer Mao's questions upon his arrival in Moscow.
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October 21, 1948
Cable, Stalin [via Kuznetsov] to Mao Zedong [via Terebin]
Kuznetsov (Stalin) tells Terebin (Andrei Orlov) that two planes will pick up Mao at an undetermined time to take him to Moscow.
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November 21, 1948
Cable, Mao to Stalin
Mao asks to delay his trip to Moscow until December.
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November 22, 1948
Cable, Stalin to Mao Zedong
Stalin agrees that Mao should postpone his visit to Moscow for a month.
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December 30, 1948
Cable, Mao Zedong to Stalin
Mao details to Stalin the recent military operations the Communists have undertaken against the Guomindang army. The first is in the area of Suizhou, Huaiying, and the Huaihe River. The second is in Du Yuming. Mao states that once these operations are complete, he will depart for Moscow. Mao discusses future tactics against the Guomindang.
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January 06, 1949
Ciphered Telegram No. 0100, Stalin to Terbpin
Stalin, through Terebin (Andrei Orlov), acknowledges that creating a democratic coalition government in China will take a significant amount of time. Stalin states, however, that it would be best if the final stages of the process take place sooner than the summer, the time Mao planned to have the government established.
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January 08, 1949
Cable, Mao Zedong to Stalin
Mao thanks Stalin for sending over Ivan Kovalev to help with economic struggles in China. Mao asks for materials with which China may build railroads.
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January 09, 1949
Ciphered Telegram No. 50333, Terebin to Kuznetsov, transmitting a Message from Mao Zedong to Stalin
Mao announces that he is ready to visit Moscow.
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January 10, 1949
Cable, Stalin to Mao Zedong, Nanjing Peace Proposal
Stalin informs Mao that they received a note from the Chinese Nationalist government in Nanjing proposing that the Soviet government act as a mediator between the Nanjing government and the Chinese Communist Party in the termination of the ongoing civil war.
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January 10, 1949
Cable, Terebin to Stalin [via Kuznetsov]
Mao, via Terebin, tells Stalin, via Kuznetsov, of his, Mao's, plans for the next few months. He will continue his meeting with the Central Committee for a few more days; afterward he will go to Moscow and will stay for a month, to discuss the various questions he has mapped out. Upon returning to China, Mao will attempt to finish off the Chinese Nationalist Party (GMD). Mao discusses how to do so. Terebin relays further conversations with Mao concerning whether or not Fu Zuoyi should be tried as a war criminal and the state of the war against the GMD.
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January 10, 1949
Cable, Mao to Filippov [Stalin]
Mao responds to Stalin's telegram from 6 January 1949. Mao states that any government the GMD may create will be of no influence, that the GMD army is diminished, and that soon the People's Liberation Army will be able to march south and capture several important provinces.