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Representatives from Taiwan at the United Nations, September 1971

Taiwan's International Status

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

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Presidential Office Building of Taiwan

East Asia

Taiwan

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang, Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

1887 - 1975

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Japan's Itsukushima Shrine

East Asia

Japan

Conversations with Zhou Enlai

Sino-American Confrontation, 1949-1971

Aerial photograph of CIA headquarters

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Japanese Relations

Handshake between Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon

Sino-American Cooperation, 1972-1989

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898 - 1976

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893 - 1976

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China. Communist Party. Central Committee (CCP CC)

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Portrait of Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang, Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo)

1910 - 1988

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

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March 26, 1980	Memorandum by the China Policy Support Center, 'Further Chinese Statements on Taiwan's Membership in the INF' A memo outlining the PRC position on Taiwan's participation in the International Monetary Fund. The memo concludes that "China is unlikely to withdraw its stated demand that Taiwan be expelled from the IMF."
November 14, 1984	Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, 'Taiwan: Abandoning Low Key Diplomacy' The Office of East Asian Analysis at the CIA concludes that Taiwan is moving away from its "lowkey diplomacy" and reverting to a tougher and more aggressive stance in defending its international standing.
April 10, 1984	Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, 'Deng Xiaoping's Discussion of Taiwan with the President [Ronald Reagan]' A CIA memo anticipating what Deng Xiaoping might say about Taiwan when meeting with US President Reagan in late April 1984.
June 1981	Central Intelligence Agency, National Foreign Assessment Center, 'China's Views of Relations with the New US Administration: An Intelligence Assessment' A CIA assessment of Chinese views of the United States and areas of both alignment and divergence with US policy and interests.
September 1988	Record of Meetings in Prime Minister Takeshita’s Visit to China Detailed summaries of Japanese Prime Minister Takeshita's conversations with Li Peng, Yang Shangkun, Deng Xiaoping, and Zhao Ziyang. Topics of discussion include Sino-Japanese political, economic, and cultural relations; China's economy and politics in the 1980s; the "history" problem; and the status of Taiwan. The two sides also discussed a range of international issues, including relations with the Soviet Union and the United States; developments on the Korean Peninsula; the Cambodian-Vietnamese conflict; the Iran-Iraq War; and Pakistan.
January 10, 1960	Central Committee Taiwan Work Small Group Report to the Central Committee and Central Committee Guidance regarding the Situation at the 10th Session A group of senior CCP officials outline how the Party can both plan for a "military resolution while striving to achieve a peaceful resolution" with regards to Taiwan.
May 17, 1959	Several Notices from the Central Committee regarding Taiwan Work The CCP Central Committee outlines its strategy toward Taiwan and how provincial and municipal level bodies in the PRC can effectively contribute to undermining Chiang Kai-shek's rule.
February 18, 1956	Central Committee Notice on Propaganda on Current Events Summarizing a speech made by Zhou Enlai, the CCP Central Committee distributes propaganda guidance on the PRC's efforts to "liberate Taiwan by peaceful means."
October 22, 1960	Chairman Mao Receives American Writer [Edgar] Snow A summary of Mao's comments to Edgar Snow concerning Taiwan, Kinmen (Quemoy), and Matsu (Mazu), as well as China's legal status at the UN.
July 29, 1957	Cable from the CCP Central Committee, 'CCP Central Committee Authorized Transmittal of Report on the Situation and Opinions by the Propaganda Department for Improvement of Propaganda Campaign towards Taiwan' The CCP Central Committee distributes a detailed summary and evaluation of propaganda efforts vis-a-vis Nationalist controlled Taiwan.