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June 29, 1954	Telegram, PRC Foreign Ministry to Zhou Enlai Zhou is informed that the top secret documents are on its way to him.
July 2, 1954	Telegram, PRC Foreign Ministry to Zhang Wentian, Wang Jiaxiang, and Li Kenong Zhou will arrive at 12:00 for the meeting.
July 3, 1954	Telegram, Li Kenong to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Twentieth Restricted Session In his report, Li notes that the opinions of the different delegations regarding the joint commission and the NNSC are becoming closer to one another. Britain and Bao Dai, however, remain unchanged in their opinions.
May 19, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Second Restricted Session Zhou Enlai reports to the CCP on the second restricted session on Indochina and propaganda efforts of the Chinese and Russians. During the Indochina session, the US, France, and Britain disagreed with China, Russia, and the DRV on whether or not the Laos and Cambodia issues should be discussed separately from the Vietnam issues.
May 20, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Third Restricted Session Zhou Enlai reports on the continued session on Indochina. Again, the participants are divided in their opinions and nothing is achieved. All agree to continue the discussion another day. Also, Zhou prepares to take the lead in the session on Korea.
June 10, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding Zhou’s Conversation with Bidault (Excerpt) Zhou reports on his discussion with Bidault on the Indochina issue. The two discuss French relations with the Associated States and the NNSC.
June 11, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Seventh Plenary Session Zhou reports to the CCP on the opening session of the Geneva Conference on Indochina. During this session, Pham Van Dong presents his five-point proposal, and Molotov rebuts arguments made by the US.
June 13, 1954	Telegram, Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Fourteenth Plenary Session Tensions rise as the six western countries decide the Korean issue should be returned to the UN if decisions cannot be reached in this episode of the Geneva conference.
June 14, 1954	Minutes, Meeting between Wang Bingnan and French Delegation Member Jean Paul-Boncour (Summary) Paul-Boncour and Bingnan discuss the Korean issue. Paul-Boncour states that the US is joining 15 other countries to "sabotage" the conference on the issue of international supervision of Korean unification.
June 15, 1954	Minutes of Conversation between Zhang Wentian and Harold Caccia In this meeting, Caccia explains to Zhang that Britain firmly supports the withdrawal of all Viet Minh troops from Laos and Cambodia.