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June 27, 1961	Polish Notes on Results of Chinese Military Inspection Results of the inspection included the need for the Chinese to have more practice in tasks like grenade-throwing, establish better relationships between soldiers and officers, promote uniform ideology within the army, as well as to fulfill more of the soldiers basic needs. Motto is "small but good."
May 12, 1961	Notes on Soviet Political Work with China Covers a meeting that took place on May 12, 1961 involving the military attaches of various socialist countries, where Mao spoke about the China's political and ideological direction, perseverance through work and scarcity, and flexible military strategies, and lays out plan for fulfilling these goals
January 1, 1961	Report from Polish Military Attache in Beijing Military Attache Siwicki reports on the year's biggest issues such as; the economic crisis in China, Great Chinese Famine; discrepancies in ideology between USSR and China, such as questions of loyalty to Communist cause in the leadership and army; Chinese's interest in weapons of mass destruction; poor condition of Chinese army and society in general; and China's imperialist goals and overview of interactions with other countries
April 1, 1964	Record of Conversation between Former Ambassador to Poland Wang Bingnan and Władysław Gomułka Wang Bingnan and Władysław Gomułka discuss the Sino-Soviet split.
November 27, 1963	Cable from the Chinese Embassy in Germany, 'Brief of a Conversation with the Polish Ambassador' Feliks Baranowski and Wang Guoquan discuss the Sino-Soviet split and China's relations with Poland.
May 16, 1965	Cable from the Chinese Embassy in Poland to International Liaison Department and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 'A Few Polish and Czech Reactions to Our Second Nuclear Bomb Test Explosion' The Chinese Embassy in Poland assesses the responses to the Chinese nuclear test among socialist countries in Eastern Europe.
September 30, 1965	Cable from Wang Guoquan to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Transportation, 'Renke Talked about Issues in the International Communist Movement and the Sino-Polish Relations' China's relations with Poland are reviewed within the context of Soviet-Polish relations.
May 31, 1963	Secret Telegram from Maneli (Saigon) to Spasowski (Warsaw) [Ciphergram No. 7353] Report from Polish official in Saigon, Maneli, to Warsaw, on his meeting with Pham Van Dong. Dong describes plans for South Vietnam's future government and neutrality, along with North Vietnam's compliance with the Geneva Accords. Reports that Soviet Ambassador Tovmassian was surprised at the high degree of Chinese participation in Vietnam.
May 29, 1963	Secret Telegram from Maneli (Saigon) to Spasowski (Warsaw) [Ciphergram No. 7237] Cable from a Polish official in Saigan, Maneli, to Warsaw. detailing talks with Vietnamese officials and the Soviet ambassador. They discuss the investigations of the ICC, and the importance of probes into the Vietnamese situation. The Soviet ambassador notes that Soviet-Vietnamese relations have shifted.
March 15, 1963	Secret Telegram from Ogrodziński (New Delhi) to Wierna (Warsaw) [Ciphergram No. 3359] Polish cable from Ogrodzinski in India to Wierna in Warsaw, noting that the Americans would like to replace Ngo Dinh Diem, but do not have a replacement. Notes that Nehru would be willing to pull out of Vietnam. Concludes that neither Diem nor the Americans can independently seek ceasefire without cost to the other.