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Chiang, Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

1887 - 1975

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Photograph of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, 1945

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1893 - 1976

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Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

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1898 - 1976

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1910 - 1988

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1898 - 1969

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1890 - 1969

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November 18, 1958	Despatch No. 225 from American Embassy Taipei to the Department of State, 'KMT Doctrinal Adjustment to Modification of GRC Position on "Counterattack"' The document addresses the Kuomintang's (KMT) ideological adjustments regarding its longstanding policy of counterattacking mainland China. It highlights a shift in rhetoric, de-emphasizing immediate military action in favor of political strategies and the notion of revolutionary war led by popular support within the mainland. This document summary was generated by an artificial intelligence language model and was reviewed by a Wilson Center staff member.
August 27, 1957	Special National Intelligence Estimate Number 43-2-57, 'The Prospects of the Government of the Republic of China' Analysts at the CIA write that "the National Government remains politically stable and the economy of Taiwan continues gradually to improve. The military establishment is growing stronger, but Nationalist forces alone could not defend their territories against a full-scale Chinese Communist attack."
June 28, 1974	Central Intelligence Agency, Weekly Review Special Report, 'Nationalist China Revisited' A CIA memorandum evaluating the domestic politics and international relations of Taiwan in 1974. This version of "Nationalist China Revisited" was declassified by the CIA on September 25, 1999. An alternate version was declassified on September 28, 2004. The release from 1999 includes fewer redactions than the version declassified five-years later.
June 28, 1974	Central Intelligence Agency, Weekly Review Special Report, 'Nationalist China Revisited' A CIA memorandum evaluating the domestic politics and international relations of Taiwan in 1974. This version of "Nationalist China Revisited" was declassified by the CIA on September 28, 2004. An alternate version was declassified on September 25, 1999. The release from 1999 includes fewer redactions than the version declassified five-years later.
March 8, 1964	Record of Premier Zhou Enlai's Conversations with the President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Over the course of three conversations, Zhou and Nkrumah discuss African regionalism, China's position at the United Nations and its relations with the United States, non-alignment, decolonization, developments in the Congo, and an African nuclear-weapons-free zone.
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.
October 5, 1945	Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in China Apollon Petrov and Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei They discuss the results of negotiations with the Chinese Nationalist Party and Chiang Kai-shek's political and military position.
August 30, 1945	Record of Conversation between Soviet Ambassador in China Apollon Petrov and Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai discusses the agenda for upcoming talks with Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist Party.
January 9, 1938	Concerning Troop Movements through Xinjiang The Politburo recommends that Sheng Shicai advise Chiang Kai-shek to permit the regiment currently stationed in Erlizihe to proceed to its designated location.
August 6, 1946	Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong Mao Zedong says that "all reactionaries are paper tigers" and discusses the Chinese Civil War. He also introduces the theory of the "intermediate zone," when he states that "the United States and the Soviet Union are separated by a vast zone which includes many capitalist, colonial and semi-colonial countries in Europe, Asia and Africa."