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September 13, 1958

Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai and Huang Kecheng

Mao sends instructions about the shelling of Kinmen Island in the Taiwain Strait.

September 10, 1958

Telegram, Mao Zedong to Ho Chi Minh

Mao informs Ho Chi Minh that he should not be concerned by the Chinese bombardment of Kinmen Island, as "the Americans are afraid of fighting a war."

September 8, 1958

Speech, Mao Zedong at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Supreme State Council (Excerpt)

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."

August 18, 1958

Instructions, Mao Zedong to Peng Dehuai

Mao instructs Chinese Minister of National Defense Peng Dehuai to hault military maneuvers and prepare air forces for the planned bombardment of Jinmen Island in the Taiwan Strait.

September 5, 1958

Speech, Mao Zedong at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Supreme State Council (Excerpt)

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.

July 27, 1958

Letter, Mao Zedong to Peng Dehuai and Huang Kecheng

Mao Zedong decides to delay the planned bombardment of the nationalist-controlled Kinmen Island in the Taiwan Strait.

August 23, 1958

Memoir by Wu Lengxi, 'Inside Story of the Decision Making during the Shelling of Jinmen'

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.

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.

December 12, 1956

Memorandum, Chen Yun to N. A. Bulganin

Chen Yun explains why China cannot purchase as many military supplies from the Soviet Union as original proposed.

March 13, 1957

Memorandum, Chinese Foreign Ministry to the Soviet Embassy to Beijing

The Chinese government corrects perceived errors in a report complied by the Soviet Far East Economic Committee on China's economic development.

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