1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1893- 1976
China
East Asia
1879- 1953
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1898- 1976
1890- 1986
1905- 1998
March 1, 1955
This issue features content on China's cooperation with the Soviet Union, Mongolia, India, Albania, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). It also has sections on Taiwan, education, economic policies, and railroad development.
October 25, 1949
Mao shares a detailed report on the arrival of the PLA in Xinjiang with Stalin.
October 12, 1949
Mao requests assistance with shipments of fuel, troops, and aircraft to Urumchi.
October 14, 1949
Stalin agrees to send one division from Lanzhou to Urumchi and to ship aviation fuel to Urumchi and Hami.
September 26, 1949
Request for assistance from the Soviet Union with air transport for troops and supplies into Xinjiang.
Detailed report on the arrival of the PLA in Xinjiang, including the local population's reaction. Mao reports that the PLA was greeted warmly except for activities of some "reactionary elements and propaganda units of the Kuomintang."
April 27, 1962
Mao instructs Zhou to determine whether long-time Uyghur official, Saypiddin Azizi, can return to Xinjiang in the wake of the Yi-Ta Incident.
September 28, 1963
September 15, 1959
Mikhail Zimyanin, head of the Soviet Foreign Ministry’s Far Eastern department, reports to Khrushchev on the “new stage” in Sino-Soviet relations after the victory of the people’s revolution in China; China and the Soviet Union now share the common goal of developing socialist societies in their respective countries.
April 5, 1956
Soviet Ambassador Yudin discusses the 20th Congress of the CPSU with Mao, including Khrushchev's "secret speech" denouncing Stalin and his cult of personality. Mao had already seen a copy and discusses mistakes in Stalin's policy towards China at length.
