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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.
May 27, 1955	Summary of the Views of Afro-Asian Countries on the Taiwan Issue at the Afro-Asian Conference The People's Republic of China maintains that the Taiwan issue was an internal issue of China, and it was the US who created tension by invading and occupying Taiwan.
August 19, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry to Wang Bingnan, 'Instructions for the Ninth Meeting' The Foreign Ministry agreed with Wang’s observation that the US thought that China was very eager to reach an agreement and thus took advantage of it. The US’s purpose was to have China promise unambiguously that all American citizens would be released soon. The Foreign Ministry instructed Wang to stand firm in the next meeting and not to yield as China had already make necessary concession.
August 21, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry to Wang Bingnan, 'Agree for Wang to Accept the Invite from Johnson' The Foreign Ministry agreed Wang to accept the invite from Johnson and asked for more details about the dinner arrangement.
August 21, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'America's Probing of Us and Our Talking Points' The Chinese Foreign Ministry claims that the US wants to test China’s bottom-line regarding the release of US citizens in China.
August 24, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Analysis of the Private Dinner and the 10th Meeting and Instructions for the 11th Meeting of the Sino-US Ambassadorial Talks' The Foreign Ministry instructed Wang that China would not have a determined time to release all the American citizens, as the US requested. However, China could agree to deal with the issue “as soon as possible” in the amendment.
August 26, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Agree to the Postponement of the 12th Meeting of the Sino-US Talks to the 31st of August' The Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed the postponement of the twelfth meeting. The Ministry instructed Wang to invite Johnson to a private dinner immediately on receipt of this telegram.
August 28, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Instructions for Ambassador Wang' The Chinese Foreign Ministry offers Ambassador Wang instructions for his upcoming dinner with U. Alexis Johnson.
August 30, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Instructions for the 12th Meeting of the Sino-US Ambassadorial Talks' The Foreign Ministry suspected that the US was trying to buy time using ridiculous excuses. China must prevent the US from doing so. The Ministry instructed Wang different responses to give in various scenarios, and asked Wang to change the word in the text “as soon as possible” to “expeditiously.”
September 5, 1955	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Instructions for the 13th Meeting of the Sino-US Ambassadorial Talks' According to the Ministry, it seemed that the US had agreed with the text of the agreement, and that the US was about to drop its emphasis on having China promise an exact time to release American civilians. The Ministry still instructed Wang to stand firm on China’s stance in case the US pressed the issue once again in the next meeting.