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August 19, 1965	Chinese Foreign Ministry Circular, "Vietnam 'Peace Talk' Activities" The Chinese Foreign Ministry reports on overtures made by the United States toward initiating peace talks to end the Vietnam War. Many countries in such as Ghana, France, India and Yugoslavia are attempting to promote the talks, but China remains skeptical of these initiatives and opposed to opening talks.
May 19, 1965	Liu Shaoqi, 'Speech at the Reception of the Comrades of the Central Military Commission War Planning Meeting' Speech on China's state of preparations for war with the United States.
November 22, 1976	Hua Guofeng’s Statement to Vietnamese Leaders
August 20, 1965	Summary of Zhou Enlai’s Talk with E. H. K. Mudenda, Agricultural Minister of Zambia Zhou Enlai explains Chinese opposition to peace talks with the United States to end the Vietnam War.
August 12, 1965	Chinese Foreign Ministry Circular, "Malraux’s visit to China" The Chinese Foreign Ministry reports on a visit by the French Minister of State Andre Malraux to China. Malraux came in part to act as a peace broker for the United States and proposed a plan to Zhou Enlai to divide Vietnam. Zhou rejected the proposal.
August 3, 1965	Chinese Foreign Ministry Circular, 'Talks Between the Ghanaian Mission and the DRV' The Chinese Foreign Ministry reports on a visit by the President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, to North Vietnam as part of a British commonwealth initiative to mediate peace talks between the US and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The DRV rejected the Ghana overture on the grounds that it was "designed in reality to bypass the Geneva Accords to get the United States and the DRV into direct talks while countries like Ghana help the United States by pressuring the DRV." The circular then gives instructions to the Chinese embassies on how to deal with questions about the mission.
July 12, 1972	Zhou Enlai’s Talk with Le Duc Tho, Special Adviser at the Paris Talks, in Beijing Excerpt in which Zhou Enlai recounts his and Mao Zedong’s trip to China in 1945
July 7, 1972	Summary of Zhou Enlai’s Talk with Xuan Thuy, Head of the DRV Delegation to the Paris Talks, in Beijing In an excerpt from the talk, Zhou Enlai stresses the importance of the time between July and October 1972 for the Vietnam War.
September 7, 1969	Summary of Zhou Enlai’s Talk with Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Romania, in Beijing Excerpt from a talk with Ion Gheorghe Maurer in which Zhou Enlai discusses the Soviet Union’s role in Vietnamese negotiations. Maurer was leading a Romanian Party and government delegation to attend Ho Chi Minh's funeral in Hanoi. He made a stopover in Beijing on September 7, 1969.
August 16, 1973	Discussion between Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong Zhou Enlai discusses his concerns regarding US negotiations in Cambodia.