Search | Wilson Center Digital Archive

Switch to Visualization

Conversations with Zhou Enlai Japan--Foreign relations--United States Clear All

Related Resources

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Japan's Itsukushima Shrine

East Asia

Japan

Conversations with Zhou Enlai

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Presidential Office Building of Taiwan

East Asia

Taiwan

Sino-Japanese Relations

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Sino-Soviet Relations

Handshake between Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon

Sino-American Cooperation, 1972-1989

Representatives from Taiwan at the United Nations, September 1971

Taiwan's International Status

A photo of Henry Kissinger from 1975

Kissinger, Henry

1923-

Richard Nixon

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)

1913- 1994

Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira

Ohira, Masayoshi

1910- 1980

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang, Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

1887- 1975

Placeholder image for when a portrait image is not available

Liao, Chengzhi

1908- 1983

Sino-Soviet Split, 1960-1984

Results:

1 - 10 of 12

Display:

Sort By:

Documents

April 18, 1964	Transcript of Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Kenzo Matsumura Zhou Enlai speaks with the spokesman for Japan's conservative party, Kenzo Matsumura. The two sides reached an agreement on the mutual establishment of non-governmental resident offices and the exchange of resident journalists. Zhou also discusses China's stance on the Taiwan issue. Both sides agree to work together toward normalization of Sino-Japanese relations.
October 9, 1963	Transcript of Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Tanzan Ishibashi Premier Zhou speaks with former Japanese Prime Minister Tanzan Ishibashi about promoting Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations. Zhou expresses concern over the U.S.-Japan security treaty and the Japan-Taiwan treaty. Zhou says that diplomatic relations between China and Japan can be normalized when Japan recognizes the CCP as the sole representative of China. Ishibashi raises that there are some Japanese people that still have feelings towards Taiwan. Zhou classifies and explains the "feelings" of the Japanese public towards Taiwan into three groups.
August 28, 1952	Cable, Zhou Enlai to Chairman Mao [Zedong] and the Central Committee Zhou reports on the latest negotiations with the Soviet Union concerning the Changchun Railway, the Lüshun Port, and a rubber agreement. Zhou and Molotov also discussed the possibility of signing peace treaties with Japan.
October 20, 1955	Record of Conversation from Premier Zhou’s Reception of the Japanese Parliamentary Delegation in China and the Japanese Academic and Cultural Delegation in China Zhou Enlai and a group of Japanese officials and academics discuss the wartime history and present status of Japan-China relations. They also touch on US-Japan relations and economic conditions in China and Japan.
November 6, 1954	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, ‘Premier Zhou’s Talk with Members of Japan’s Diet’ Zhou Enlai and Japanese Diet Members discuss Japan's relationship with the United States, the overall trends in Sino-Japanese relations, and some specific issues in Sino-Japanese relations, such as war criminals, fisheries, and communications.
February 22, 1972	Memorandum of Conversation between Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai
October 12, 1973	Verbatim Transcript of the Third Meeting between Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai and Trudeau have a wideranging conversation on international politics, covering the Vietnam War, Sino-Japanese relations, Nixon's visit to China, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Arctic circle, and nuclear energy safeguards, among other topics.
April 28, 1964	Record of President Liu’s Meeting with Pak Se-chang,the New Korean Ambassador to China Liu greeted New North Korean diplomat in Beijing 1964. They talked about China-DPRK alliance and relations with Japan.
September 25, 1972	Record of the First Meeting between Prime Minister Tanaka and Premier Zhou Enlai Tanaka Kakuei and Zhou Enlai had a conversation over the reasons for delay in diplomatic normalization, including the Japan-Taiwan relationship and the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty.
July 28, 1972	Record of the Second Meeting between Takeiri Yoshikatsu and Zhou Enlai During a conversation with Takeiri, Zhou Enlai questioned the news from Tokyo Shimbun which emphasized that the state of war between Japan and China had ended. In addition, he mentioned the international status of Taiwan and the Vietnam War.