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June 1967

Directive [from Mao Zedong] Regarding Comrade Yao Wenyuan’s Visit to Albania

Mao reminds Comrade Yao Wenyuan to remain humble on his upcoming trip to Albania for the sake of China's Red Guards.

June 1967

[Mao Zedong's] Revisions for a Speech That Chinese Red Guard Delegates [Will Deliver] in Albania

Mao deletes and revises phrases in a speech that Chinese Red Guards would subsequently deliver on a trip to Albania.

September 13, 1954

[Mao Zedong's] Reply After Receiving the Credentials of Albania's Ambassador [to China]

Mao welcomes the first Ambassador from Albania to the People's Republic of China and celebrates the bonds between their two countries.

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.

May 15, 1964

Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with Members of an Albanian Women's Delegation and Film Crew Workers

Mao and visitors from Albania discuss the need to unite and guard against revisionism with the production of their own literature and art.

November 15, 1963

Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with the Albanian Prosecutor General and Others

Mao meets with the Albanian Prosecutor General, Aranit Çela, and Sofikli Papavasili, an inspector from the Central Committee of the Albanian Party of Labor, during their first visit to China. Among other topics, they discuss the need to wage class struggle and to reform counter-revolutionaries, such as the last Emperor of China, through education. The Chinese Prosecutor General, Zhang Dingcheng, and his deputy, Huang Huoxing, are also present. (Note that the given name of the Chinese Prosecutor General Zhang Dingcheng was redacted due to his being denouced by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution.)

May 4, 1963

[Mao Zedong's] Audience with Representatives of the Albanian Youth Labor League, Journalists, Trade Unions, and Archives

Mao discusses the problem of revisionism and several other topics with visiting delegations from Albania. He emphasizes that their countries will need to support each other.