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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.

May 1967

Directive [from Mao Zedong] Regarding the State of International [Affairs]

Mao argues that Europe remains the strategic center of US-Soviet conflict.

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.

August 3, 1965

Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with the French Minister of [Cultural] Affairs, [Georges André] Malraux

Mao and Malraux discuss a variety of topics, ranging from the Chinese revolution to American aggression in Vietnam and Soviet revisionism.

September 10, 1964

Conversation from [Mao Zedong's] Audience with the Supervisor of an Exhibition on French Technology and the French Ambassador to China (Excerpt)

Lucien Paye and the supervisor of an exhibit on French technology praise Chinese university students for their enthusiasm and socialized thinking. Mao reacts with skepticism.

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.