Kinmen (Quemoy)

Mao Zedong speaks about American foreign policy and the tense international situation following the Chinese decision to begin shelling Kinmen Island in the Taiwan Strait.

Mao speaks about the strategy behind the bombardment of nationalist-controlled Kinmen Island in the Taiwan Strait, stating that Taiwan is a "is a steel noose and it ties America’s neck."

Wu Lengxi, a member of the CCP Central Committee, recalls events in August 1958 when Chinese Communist forces along the Fujian coast began an intensive artillery bombardment of the Nationalist-controlled Jinmen Island. He recalls a Politburo Standing Committee meeting in which Mao states that the bombardment was in part motivated by events in the Middle East.

A summary of Mao's comments to Edgar Snow concerning Taiwan, Kinmen (Quemoy), and Matsu (Mazu), as well as China's legal status at the UN.

During the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, the PRC Minister of Defense urges the Nationalists to negotiate with the CCP, arguing that the Americans will eventually abandon them.