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June 21, 1958

Address by Mao Zedong to the Enlarged Meeting of the Central Military Commission (Excerpt)

Mao addresses the Central Military Commission to report on China's steel production, which he believes will surpass the Soviet Union's capability in seven years and the United States' in ten. He also makes it known that China will build "atom bombs, hydrogen bombs and inter-continental missiles," and believes this can be done in as few as ten years.

July 11, 1950

Telegram from the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee to Gao Gang

Due to the Korean situation, the Soviet government requests the use of air and railway transport through China, to which the Chinese side agrees.

May 6, 1950

Telegram from Zhou Enlai to Wang Jiaxiang

The Chinese side is anxious for the dispatchment of advisors and ammunition that was requested from the Soviet Union, for use in aviation institute drills and for military campaigns in Dinghai, Jinmen, and Taiwan.

April 13, 1950

Telegram from Zhou Enlai to Nikolai Bulganin

Zhou Enlai requests and gives deadlines for the sending of aviation equipment and personnel from Moscow, mentioning that China is anticipating military conquests of the Zhoushan and Kinmen islands.

June 28, 1951

Ciphered Telegram No. 21266, Krasovsky to Cde. Filippov [Stalin]

Telegram from Krasvosky to Stalin reporting on the conversation he had with Mao concerning the training of Chinese pilots in MIG-15s and the contruction of three airbases south of Pyongyang.

January 13, 1950

Cable, Mao Zedong to Liu Shaoqi

Mao Zedong gives instructions on Sino-Soviet military cooperation and makes personnel appointments to the Chinese armed forces.