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January 20, 1974	Letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam Vuong Van Bac briefs the Secretary General on China's maneuvers in the South China Sea.
March 31, 1978	Telegram to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom Report on the meeting between Councilor Kim, Jae-Sung and J. Thorold Masefield, acting director of the Far East Bureau.
November 15, 1949	From the Diary of N.V. Roshchin, Memorandum of Conversation with Prime Minister Zhou Enlai on 15 November 1949 Conversation between Soviet Ambassador Roshchin and Chinese Premier Enlai. Zhou Enlai puts forth some future military plans of the PLA. Specifically, the plans to enter Tibet following liberation in Xinjiang and Sichuan, and to attack Hainan are discussed. He adds that the losses incurred in the Battle of Shantou will inform the eventual attack on Formosa.
September 15, 1959	Mikihail Zimyanin's Background Report for Khrushchev on China (Excerpt) Mikhail Zimyanin, head of the Soviet Foreign Ministry’s Far Eastern department, reports to Khrushchev on the “new stage” in Sino-Soviet relations after the victory of the people’s revolution in China; China and the Soviet Union now share the common goal of developing socialist societies in their respective countries.
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.
October 31, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Huang Kecheng Mao sends instructions to halt the shelling of Kinmen (Jinmen) Island on even-numbered days, but continue it on odd-numbered days.
November 2, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Huang Kecheng Mao suggests resuming the bombardment of Jinmen Island on November 3, 1958.
September 19, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai Mao responds to a letter from Zhou Enlai summarizing the Chinese-American ambassadorial meeting in Warsaw September 15 on the Taiwan Strait crisis.
October 5, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Huang Kecheng and Peng Dehuai Mao sends instructions for a temporary cease to the shelling of Kinmen (Jinmen) Island.