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Photograph of Li Xiannian

Li, Xiannian 1909- 1992

Li Xiannian 李先念

Photograph of Li Xiannian

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November 19, 1960

Memorandum of Conversation between Mao Zedong and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

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March 26, 1959

Mao Zedong's Interjections at the March 26, 1959, Meeting in Shanghai

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May 11, 1970

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Mao Zedong advises Le Duan not to fear the United States.

February 26, 1989

Memorandum of Conversation: President Bush's Meeting with Chairman Deng Xiaoping of the People's Republic of China, February 26, 1989, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Conversation between Deng Xiaoping and President George Bush on Sino-US relations. Deng expressed the hope that the bilateral relationship would develop in a "new pattern" based on mutual trust, mutual support, and minimizing as much as possible mutual problems. They also discussed the continued tensions between China and the Soviet Union,

September 19, 1969

Notes Kept during the Verbal Report given to the First Secretary of the CC of the PLA, Comrade Enver Hoxha, on 19 September 1969, by Comrade Rita Marko

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