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January 5, 1950	Telegram, Mao Zedong to CCP Central Committee Mao Zedong urges the Central Committee to ensure the secrecy of the Sino-Soviet negotiations for a new treaty.
January 15, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 0356, Filippov [Stalin] to Comrade Mao Zedong Stalin received Mao's latest telegram; consensus has been reached by the Chinese communist party and the Soviet Union on "peace talks" with the Guomindang.
January 7, 1950	Telegram, Mao Zedong to Zhou Enlai and CCP CC Mao Zedong updates Zhou Enlai on the Sino-Soviet negotiations and Sino-Soviet cooperation at the United Nations.
January 13, 1950	Cable, Mao Zedong to Liu Shaoqi Mao Zedong gives instructions on Sino-Soviet military cooperation and makes personnel appointments to the Chinese armed forces.
January 6, 1949	Ciphered Telegram No. 0100, Stalin to Terebin Stalin, through Terebin (Andrei Orlov), acknowledges that creating a democratic coalition government in China will take a significant amount of time. Stalin states, however, that it would be best if the final stages of the process take place sooner than the summer, the time Mao planned to have the government established.
January 8, 1949	Cable, Mao Zedong to Stalin 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	Ciphered Telegram No. 50333, Terebin to Kuznetsov, transmitting a Message from Mao Zedong to Stalin Mao announces that he is ready to visit Moscow.
January 10, 1949	Cable, Mao to Filippov [Stalin] 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	Cable, Terebin to Stalin [via Kuznetsov] 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	Cable, Mao Zedong to Filippov [Stalin] 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.