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August 18, 1952	Report, Zhou Enlai to Chairman Mao [Zedong] and the Central Committee Zhou reports on the initial plans for his visit to Moscow and some of the conversations he's held concerning the Korean War.
December 9, 1952	Telegram, Taipei Secretary General Wang to the Chinese Embassy in the US Taipei Secretary General Wang reports on William Curtis Chase's plan.
November 18, 1952	Telegram, Chinese Embassy in Washington DC Report on a speech of the Korean ambassador in the United States about using the Kuomintang's army.
December 17, 1952	Telegram, Taipei to Foreign Minister Yeh Secretary General Wang analyzes the current political situation, American military aid for Taiwan, and reminds Yeh to respond to the United States about dispatching the Kuomintang's army to the Korean War carefully.
October 23, 1951	Telegram, Chinese ambassador Koo to Foreign Minister Yeh Koo reports on the US House of Representatives leader Watkins's opinion arguing for the dispatch of the Kuomingtang's army to the Korean War.
March 22, 1951	Telegram, Chinese ambassador Koo to Foreign Minister Yeh Koo reports on House Republican leader Joseph William Martin's opinion on the use of the Kuomingtang's army to open a second front in Mainland China.
February 1, 1951	Telegram, Ambassador Wellington Koo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Koo reports on the Assistant Secretary of State Jack K. McFall's response to Republican Senator Jelly Brown on dispatching the Kuomintang's army to the Korean War.
June 28, 1950	Telegram, Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. to Deputy Foreign Minister Yeh, President Jiang, and Dean Chen Chinese Ambassador Wellington Koo states his opinion about dispatching troops to aid United Nation Army on the Korean War.
January 20, 1951	Report from P. F. Yudin to I. V. Stalin on Meetings with the Leaders of the Communist Party of China, including Mao Zedong on 31 December 1950 Yudin recounts his meetings with Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, and Zhou Enlai. In three meetings, Yudin learned more about China's relations with other communist parties in Asia, economic conditions in China, and developments in the Korean War.
October 12, 1973	Verbatim Transcript of the Third Meeting between Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai and Trudeau have a wideranging conversation on international politics, covering the Vietnam War, Sino-Japanese relations, Nixon's visit to China, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Arctic circle, and nuclear energy safeguards, among other topics.