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Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Presidential Office Building of Taiwan

East Asia

Taiwan

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

Sino-American Confrontation, 1949-1971

Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1950-1959

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Representatives from Taiwan at the United Nations, September 1971

Taiwan's International Status

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang, Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)

1887- 1975

The Taj Mahal Shrine in Agra, India.

South Asia

India

Conversations with Mao Zedong

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

Portrait of Peng Dehuai

Peng, Dehuai

1898- 1974

Photograph fo Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing

China. Foreign Ministry

1949-

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

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June 21, 1960	Polish Diplomat's Notes on the Situation in the Far East Kowalczyk's review of the situations in Taiwan including increased US presence and construction of US ports and Thailand being equipped by US army and used as a base for US planes.
September 18, 1958	Vietnam and North Korea Ask that We Provide Materials and Maps on the Taiwan Area and Nearby Islands Vietnam and North Korea request information and maps about Taiwan from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
February 23, 1955	Cable from Huan Xiang, 'Indian Premier Nehru’s View on Resolving the Taiwan Issue'
1991	Memoirs, Chinese Finance Minister Bo Yibo, Excerpt on Preventing 'Peaceful Evolution' Former Finance Minister Bo recalls Mao's reaction to US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' policy toward China in 1958-1959, especially his statements about encouraging a "peaceful evolution" in the Communist system.
September 27, 1958	Letter, Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to the Chinese Communist Party, on the Soviet Union's Readiness to Provide Assistance to China in the Event of an Attack In the wake of the Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Soviet Union promises to intervene in the event of a nuclear attack on China from the United States.
November 2, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai Mao sends a message to be broadcast to Taiwan warning that the shelling of Jinmen Island would continue on odd-numbered days.
October 11, 1958	Telegram, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai Mao sends instructions to Zhou Enlai, asking him to send information to the Soviets about the number of planes that were short down during air engagements in the Taiwan Strait. He adds that "[the Soviets] should sell ground-to-air missiles to us, and let us control the employment of them."
October 31, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Huang Kecheng Mao sends instructions to halt the shelling of Jinmen Island on even-numbered days, but continue it on odd-numbered days.
October 6, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Huang Kecheng and Peng Dehuai Mao decides to broadcast a statement to Taiwan about the shelling of Jinmen Island.
November 2, 1958	Letter, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, Huang Kecheng Mao suggests resuming the bombardment of Jinmen Island on November 3, 1958.