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China

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East Asia

Taiwan

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United States

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Taiwan

Kinmen (Quemoy)

Sino-American Confrontation, 1949-1971

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Mao, Zedong

1893 - 1976

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Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898 - 1976

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang, Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

1887 - 1975

Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1950-1959

Portrait of Peng Dehuai

Peng, Dehuai

1898 - 1974

Representatives from Taiwan at the United Nations, September 1971

Taiwan's International Status

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India

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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China. State Council

1954 -

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PRC State Council Gazettes

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September 13, 1958	A Brief Record of Conversation between N.S. Khrushchev and Prof. K. Yasui Yasui and Khrushchev talk about the nuclear test ban, the situation in Taiwan, the recognition of the People's Republic of China around the world, and the next 11th Communist Party Congress.
September 19, 1958	Note of Cde. N.S. Khrushchev to the CC Presidium about the Preparation of Documents with a Proposal to Convene a Conference of Heads of Governments on the Question of the Situation in the Area of Taiwan Outlines of two proposed documents for the Soviet Union to deliver, one to President Eisenhower and one to the 13th UN General Assembly. The proposed texts discuss the conflict between China and Taiwan and a potential meeting between the heads of state of the US, USSR, PRC, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia, and Thailand to review the situation.
September 19, 1958	Letter, N. Khrushchev to the CPSU CC Presidium Proposed text of a letter from Nikita Khrushchev to Mao Zedong, reiterating Soviet support for the People's Republic of China in the event of a nuclear attack on the PRC.
October 11, 1956	I. Tugarinov to Cde. B.N. Ponomarev, ‘Concentering the Situation on Taiwan (Memorandum)’
June 21, 1960	Polish Diplomat's Notes on the Situation in the Far East Kowalczyk's review of the situations in Taiwan including increased US presence and construction of US ports and Thailand being equipped by US army and used as a base for US planes.
September 18, 1958	Vietnam and North Korea Ask that We Provide Materials and Maps on the Taiwan Area and Nearby Islands Vietnam and North Korea request information and maps about Taiwan from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
February 23, 1955	Cable from Huan Xiang, 'Indian Premier Nehru’s View on Resolving the Taiwan Issue'
1991	Memoirs, Chinese Finance Minister Bo Yibo, Excerpt on Preventing 'Peaceful Evolution' Former Finance Minister Bo recalls Mao's reaction to US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' policy toward China in 1958-1959, especially his statements about encouraging a "peaceful evolution" in the Communist system.
September 27, 1958	Letter, Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to the Chinese Communist Party, on the Soviet Union's Readiness to Provide Assistance to China in the Event of an Attack In the wake of the Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Soviet Union promises to intervene in the event of a nuclear attack on China from the United States.
November 2, 1958	Mao Zedong's Draft Broadcast Written for the Xiamen Frontline Mao sends a message to be broadcast to Taiwan warning that the shelling of Kinmen Island would continue on odd-numbered days.