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June 30, 1956	Cable from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, 'The Main Themes of Pakistan’s Diplomatic Activities' The report claimed that the two main themes of Pakistani diplomatic activities are 1/Winning the support of foreign leaders for its position on the Kashmir issue and 2/Breaking away from its isolated position and resolving its financial difficulties. Pakistani diplomatic stance toward China, the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain, France and the Arab League was examined.
May 17, 1956	Cable from the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, 'Pakistani President’s Exclusive Conversation with American Reporters' The Pakistani President stated that Islamabad's warming relationship with the PRC did not mean a move away from the US. He reaffirmed Pakistani commitment to the Southeast Asian defense treaty and the Baghdad Pact while urging the US to recognize the PRC and advocating an increase in Sino-Japanese trade.
August 7, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry to Wang Bingnan, 'Talking Points for the Fourth Meeting' Instructions from the PRC Foreign Ministry on how to handle the three Chinese proposals that had not been satisfied in the 3rd meeting: The request for a name list of all Chinese nationals in the US, the demand that the US revoke its restriction on the exit of Chinese nationals and students, the proposal that both sides entrust a third country to look after its nationals in the other country.
July 31, 1955	Cable from the Foreign Ministry to Comrade Wang Bingnan, 'On the Text of Speech, Instructions, and Points of Attention at the Sino-American Talks' Several instructions from the PRC Foreign Ministry on how to handle the negotiations as well as two attachments regarding the text of speech for the first meeting of the Sino-American talks and the issue of news release during the talks
July 30, 1955	Instructions on the Sino-American Ambassadorial Level Talks at Geneva (Excerpt) Instructions from the PRC Foreign Ministry to its negotiators at the Sino-American talks. These instructions concerned the PRC's basic policy, their attitude toward the question of expatriates, the US embargo against China, possible higher level Sino-American talks. Possible issues that could be raised by the US were also mentioned: The matter of US assets in China, the issue of shooting down commercial airliners, and the issue of cease-fire across the Taiwan Strait. Besides, the Foreign Ministry gave instructions on the attitude to adopt at the meetings as well as the need to constantly ask for instructions.
July 30, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Please Postpone the Ambassadorial-level Talks to the Afternoon on the 1st of August' The Chinese Foreign Ministry asked their negotiators to try to postpone the first meeting of the Sino-American talks so that the Ministry could send them instructions and the text of speech
July 26, 1955	Additional Instructions Regarding the Sino-American Ambassadorial Talks at Geneva The Chinese Foreign Ministry offers some additional instructions for how to approach the talks with the United States.
July 17, 1955	Cable from Pu Shouchang to Qiao Quanhua, 'The Premier's Specific Instructions' Zhou Enlai's instructions regarding the Sino-US talks
1955	Information on Japan’s Participation in the Asian-African Conference A Chinese report on Japan's participation before the Asian-African Conference. The report observes that the Japanese public paid more attention to this conference than to the previous Bangkok conference and highlighted Tokyo's desire to cooperate with China.
April 4, 1955	Cable from Feng Xuan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 'Please Instruct Us regarding Policy toward Talks with the United States' Feng Xuan reported to the Foreign Ministry on the release of 76 Chinese students from the US and the American invitation to a meeting on the expatriate question.