1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
East Asia
1893- 1976
1879- 1953
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1895- 1978
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China
1898- 1969
Western Europe
January 8, 1949
Mao thanks Stalin for sending over Ivan Kovalev to help with economic struggles in China. Mao asks for materials with which China may build railroads.
January 9, 1949
Mao announces that he is ready to visit Moscow.
January 10, 1949
Mao responds to Stalin's telegram from 6 January 1949. Mao states that any government the GMD may create will be of no influence, that the GMD army is diminished, and that soon the People's Liberation Army will be able to march south and capture several important provinces.
January 13, 1949
Terebin states that Mao is firmly against mediation with the GMD and the USSR taking part in mediation talks with the GMD. Terebin states that if Mao cannot make it to Moscow by the end of January, he will most likely not go at all.
January 17, 1949
Mao states that he must delay his visit to Moscow once again. He gives an alternative, which is to have a member of the Politburo come to visit China instead.
May 10, 1948
Filippov (Stalin) suggests that, because of possible dangers, Mao delay his trip to Moscow even further.
Mao says that his poor health requires him to delay his trip further.
July 4, 1948
Mao states to Stalin that his health is no longer a problem and that he, Mao, may now go to Moscow. Mao discusses the best means for doing so.
July 14, 1948
Stalin asks Mao, through Terebin (Andrei Orlov), to visit Moscow in November so Mao will be able to see all of the important Soviet leaders.
Terebin discusses briefly Mao's reaction to Stalin's telegram, dated July 14, 1948, and gives Mao's response.