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July 15, 1989

Excerpts from the Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Rajiv Gandhi

Gorbachev and Gandhi discuss the Tiananmen Square Incident in China and the ongoing turmoil within the Chinese Communist Party, including the fate of Zhao Ziyang.

June 17, 1955

From the Journal of P. F. Yudin: Note of Conversation with Comrade Mao Zedong on 25 May 1955

Mao discusses several Chinese reactionary figures, including Hu Feng, Gao Gang and Rao Shushi.

March 1970

Report on the China Problem Following the 9th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

This study addresses aspects of Chinese domestic and foreign policies after the 9th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Internal party disputes and undemocratic structures are said to characterize the Chinese leadership. The document offers an analysis of the socio-political state of affairs in China and states that the delay in economic growth is due to violations of the economic principles of Socialism. As far as its foreign policy is concerned, China is strengthening its military potential; Beijing's intensified relations with Western countries are condemned.

May 15, 1981

Notes on a Meeting held in the Secretary-General's Office on Friday, 15 May 1981, at 12.10 pm

Ambassador Ling Qing and Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim discuss the situation in Cambodia as well as Waldheim's upcoming visit to China.

May 22, 1948

Soviet Military Order from Foreign Operations Section Chief to Commander of East-Asian Operational Section Managarov

Soviet military message ordering its recipient to ascertain the needs of the People's Liberation Army, so that the Soviet Union can meet them. The message also contains affirmations of Soviet support for the Communist forces in China, and promises of massive aid in the future.

January 6, 1961

From the Journal of S. V. Chervonenko, Record of Conversation with Mao Zedong on 26 December 1960

Ambassador Chervonenko records an unexpected and surprisingly warm meeting with Mao in which the leader talks about his lessened role in the Chinese government.

December 1978

The Politics of the Chinese Leadership after the 11th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

This Soviet study of the Chinese leadership after the 11th congress of the Communist Party of China analyzes Chinese foreign policy in the late 1970s, discusses issues related to China's internal situation, especially in military matters, and condemns Maoism as an essentially anti-Communist ideology.