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October 12, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 58986 from Kovalev to Filippov [Stalin] Mao requests assistance with shipments of fuel, troops, and aircraft to Urumchi.
October 10, 1945	Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in China Apollon Petrov and Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei Mao discusses negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek and the political and military position of the Chinese Nationalist Party.
September 6, 1945	Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in China Apollon Petrov and Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei Mao discusses the progress of talks with Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party.
April 24, 1961	Transcript of Talks during Chairman Mao’s reception of Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Souphanouvong
December 26, 1964	Record of Conversation from Chairman Mao’s Reception of the Algerian Militia Delegation Mao and Mahmoud Guenez discuss the Algerian revolution, the lessons of the Chinese experience, and developments in the Congo (Léopoldville).
October 20, 1949	From the Diary of N.V. Roshchin, Memorandum of Conversation with Chairman Mao Zedong on 20 October 1949 Record of a dinner between Soviet Ambassador Roshchin and Mao Zedong. Roshchin notes that the mood of dinner is very friendly, with each man toasting the other and the other's country. The two also discuss China's desire to establish diplomatic relations with Albania.
October 16, 1949	From the Diary of N.V. Roshchin: Memorandum of Conversation with Chairman Mao Zedong on 16 October 1949 Soviet Ambassador to China Roshchin records his conversation with Chairman Mao Zedong where he congratulates Mao on the successes of the People's Liberation Army. Mao assures Roshchin that China will not take up diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia, and that it will officially recognize the GDR once the Soviet Union does.
July 22, 1958	Minutes of Conversation, Mao Zedong and Ambassador Yudin Mao Zedong held this conversation with Yudin in the context of the emerging dispute between Beijing and Moscow on establishing a Chinese-Soviet joint submarine flotilla.
April 5, 1956	From the Journal of Ambassador P. F. Yudin, Record of Conversation with Mao Zedong, 31 March 1956 Soviet Ambassador Yudin discusses the 20th Congress of the CPSU with Mao, including Khrushchev's "secret speech" denouncing Stalin and his cult of personality. Mao had already seen a copy and discusses mistakes in Stalin's policy towards China at length.
November 19, 1960	Memorandum of Conversation between Mao Zedong and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara A diplomatic meeting of a global communist delegation. Many topics are discussed, including: the domestic situation in Cuba, especially the economic situation (for example: sugar sales); American influence and counter-revolutionaries; and comparison to the domestic situation in other Latin and Central American countries, such as: Peru, Colombia, Brazil, etc.).