During a speech at the Moscow Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties of 1957 , Mao Zedong proclaims that "the east wind prevailing over the west wind." This version of the speech was edited by Mao for publication.

Chen Yi and Ambassador Zaharescu discuss the unity of the socialist bloc.

The Chinese Embassy in Bucharest concludes that "the Romanian attitude toward us has warmed."

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.