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January 9, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 50333, Terebin to Kuznetsov, transmitting a Message from Mao Zedong to Stalin Mao announces that he is ready to visit Moscow.
January 10, 1949	Cable, Mao to Filippov [Stalin] Mao responds to Stalin's telegram from 6 January 1949. Mao states that any government the GMD may create will be of no influence, that the GMD army is diminished, and that soon the People's Liberation Army will be able to march south and capture several important provinces.
January 13, 1949	Cable, Terebin to Stalin [via Kuznetsov] Terebin states that Mao is firmly against mediation with the GMD and the USSR taking part in mediation talks with the GMD. Terebin states that if Mao cannot make it to Moscow by the end of January, he will most likely not go at all.
January 17, 1949	Cable, Mao Zedong to Filippov [Stalin] Mao states that he must delay his visit to Moscow once again. He gives an alternative, which is to have a member of the Politburo come to visit China instead.
January 13, 1950	Telegram, Mao Zedong to Liu Shaoqi Mao Zedong cables to Liu Shaoqi regarding the status of US property and institutions in China, the situation in Hong Kong, and Chinese representation at the United Nations.
July 12, 1972	Zhou Enlai’s Talk with Le Duc Tho, Special Adviser at the Paris Talks, in Beijing Excerpt in which Zhou Enlai recounts his and Mao Zedong’s trip to China in 1945
February 6, 1949	Memorandum of Conversation between Anastas Mikoyan and Mao Zedong Anastas Mikoyan and Mao Zedong discuss Outer Mongolia, the Sino-Soviet treaty, the situation of the national minorities in China, the economic policy of the CCP, the structure of state power, the head of the Chinese government, the "new situation" and the cadres, the Soviet loan to China, the CCP CC plans for February-March, and the youth movement.
April 13, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 53517 from Kovalev to Filippov [Stalin] Kovalev reports to Filippov (Stalin) about the conversation Kovalev had with Mao, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, and several members of the CCP Politburo. The topics discussed include an appraisal of the work and decisions of the second plenum of the CCP CC, the Soviet loan to China, the military situation in China, the city of Shanghai, and the peace talks between the CCP and Guomindang representatives.
April 19, 1949	Telegram No.1828 from Filippov [Stalin] to Kovalev Filippov (Stalin) gives his advice on whether or not China should refuse relations, loans, and trade with capitalist states. Stalin also discusses the Soviet loan to China. Kovalev is to relay this to Mao.
April 26, 1949	Cable, Stalin to Kovalev Stalin gives advice to Mao (via Kovalev) on how to treat the Chinese bourgeoisie.