1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
East Asia
1898- 1976
1893- 1976
Southeast Asia
North America
South Asia
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1898- 1969
1912- 1994
April 2, 1965
Zhou Enlai addresses African and European concerns relating to the war in South Vietnam. He attempts to answer the questions of: the possibility of the war’s worldwide expansion, China’s role and the possibility of negotiation.
April 8, 1965
China offers military services to Vietnam, on the condition that Vietnam invites them first; Vietnam accepts.
May 16, 1965
Ho Chi Min asks Mao Zedong for help to build roads along the border to South Vietnam; Mao agrees.
Zhou Enlai addresses Nguyen Van Hieu and Nguyen Thi Binh concerning the steps to take should the US escalate in Vietnam and expand into China, comparing Vietnam to Korea.
May 17, 1965
Zhou Enlai and Deng Xioaping offer to chastise Soviet revisionists on behalf of North Vietnam
May 28, 1965
Zhou Enlai outlines the Chinese reaction should the US expand the Vietnam War into China, reassuring Subandrio that should the war enter China, his country is prepared to retaliate.
June 4, 1965
Zhou Enlai sees the current US involvement in the Congo as a serious situation, but, on a worldwide scale, Vietnam is much more serious.
July 16, 1965
Mao Zedong advises Hoang Van Hoan to escalate without hesitation, as the war has already begun to do so.
December 31, 1954
In a reception, Nehru tells Huang Zhen that he hopes that Premier Zhou Enlai can attend the Asian-African Conference.
1955
A Chinese Foreign Ministry report on three sets of issues facing the Asian-African Conference.