1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
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East Asia
1893- 1976
1905- 1954
1898- 1969
1898- 1976
South Asia
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January 20, 1951
Yudin recounts his meetings with Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and Zhou Enlai. In three meetings, Yudin learned more about China's relations with other communist parties in Asia, economic conditions in China, and developments in the Korean War.
February 6, 1958
Zhou Enlai discusses a possible nuclear weapons free zone in Asia.
April 19, 1958
Conversation between P.F. Yudin, Mao Zedong, and Zhou Enlai regarding Yugoslavia's place in the international Communist community, especially Tito's inconsistency as an ally.
March 15, 1958
Conversation between P. F. Yudin and Zhu De, regarding the 'ruble zone' advocated by Khrushchev.
June 17, 1955
Mao discusses several Chinese reactionary figures, including Hu Feng, Gao Gang and Rao Shushi.
December 21, 1955
Mao Zedong discusses the progress of collectivizing agriculture in China as well as the state takeover of private industries in cities.
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.
November 22, 1956
Liu Shaoqi discusses the potential withdrawal of Soviet advisors from China. Although the Chinese government was considering sending back some specialist, they did not want the abrupt removal of all specialists as happened in Yugoslavia. Liu Shaoqi also brings up the 1956 uprisings in Hungary and Poland, saying that such events were a “useful lesson for the entire communist movement.”
June 3, 1959
February 23, 1954
A memorandum of conversation between Mao Zedong and Pavel Yudin. Yudin informs Mao about the Soviet "uncovering" of Lavrentii Beria's espionage. Mao thanks for the information and notes that it will be highly useful for China. He hints that the political atmosphere in the CCP had been "unhealthy" as some people have tried to use others' mistakes to undermine their reputation. In this connection, Mao refers to Zhang Guotao as a Guomindang spy, and also speculates that Wang Ming may have been recruited by the Guomindang as early as 1930.
