Xi Zhongxun led a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) delegation to France at the invitation of the French Communist Party (PCF) to discuss party relations, domestic policies, and international issues, including peace and disarmament.

Claude Chayet summarizes the responses at the United Nations to China's proposal for a conference on nuclear disarmament.

These statements by the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) concern talks between Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel. The CC assesses the improvement of relations between China and West Germany as adverse to the interests of East Germany and of Socialism. China is criticized for not supporting the idea of a European conference on security and cooperation and for sustaining the role of organizations such as the European Economic Community and NATO. The CC expresses disagreement with China's abstention from the disarmament process and with its position within the UN.