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Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Long Live Mao Zedong Thought (1968)

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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Vietnam War

China and Latin America and the Caribbean

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United States

Sino-Soviet Relations

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Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

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Southeast Asia

Vietnam

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Cuba

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Algeria

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Wang, Ming

1904- 1974

Richard Nixon

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)

1913- 1994

Portrait of DRV leader Pham Van Dong, 1972.

Phạm, Văn Đồng (Pham Van Dong)

1906- 2000

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Norodom Sihanouk, Prince

1922- 2012

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June 28, 1974	Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Notice [Zhongfa] (1979) No. 19: Notice on the Talks between Chairman Mao and Edward Heath A summary of a conversation between Mao Zedong and Edward Heath. Topics covered include the Watergate scandal, European security, bilateral relations between the PRC and the UK, and the foreign policy of the Soviet Union.
October 22, 1960	Chairman Mao Receives American Writer [Edgar] Snow A summary of Mao's comments to Edgar Snow concerning Taiwan, Jinmen (Quemoy), and Mazu (Matsu), as well as China's legal status at the UN.
May 15, 1964	Record of the Conversation from Chairman Mao’s Audience with the Albanian Women’s Delegation and Albanian Film Workers Mao and Vito Kapo discuss Sino-Albanian relations in the context of the anti-revisionist struggle against the Soviet Union.
October 3, 1967	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with the Prime Minister of Congo (Brazzaville) [Ambroise] Noumazalaye Noumazalaye praises the effects of the Cultural Revolution, noting that he and others in Congo will study its theories and global significance.
June 24, 1967	[Mao Zedong's] Conversation with the President of Zambia (Excerpt) Mao argues countries that won their independence early should help other countries later. If they cultivate the next generation and help each other, then the global revolution will continue.
May 1, 1967	[Mao Zedong's] Conversation with Distinguished Guests from Albania during the "May First" [Labour or International Workers' Day] Holiday In a meeting with visitors from Albania, Mao explains that China needs to "criticize, struggle, and achieve the 'Three Combinations' [for reorganizing the government] as soon as possible.
May 1, 1967	Remarks from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with an Albanian Military Delegation In a meeting with Albanian military officials, Mao explains his reasons for starting the Cultural Revolution. He emphasizes that the purpose is to solve current problems in the world and dig out the roots of revisionism [within the Chinese Communist Party].
February 3, 1967	[Mao Zedong's] Conversation with [Hysni] Kapo and [Beqir] Balluku Mao explains that he started the Cultural Revolution to purge revisionist and bourgeois elements from the Chinese Communist Party in an open and comprehensive way.
January 17, 1967	[Mao Zedong] and Foreign Guests Discuss How to Read Big-Character Posters Mao explains that not all big-character posters are revolutionary ones. Readers should understand that the posters will present different sides of various issues.
July 10, 1966	Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with Japanese, Cuban, Brazilian, and Argentinian Friends Mao calls for the people of Asia, Africa, and Latin America to unite against American imperialism.