1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1879- 1953
1887- 1975
East Asia
1893- 1976
1898- 1976
1894- 1971
1890- 1986
China
Southeast Asia
July 1, 1945
Harriman reports on a conversation with Chinese Minister Soong about his meeting with Stalin. Soong reports that China and the USSR wish to establish close ties; Harriman encourages Soong on this point.
June 30, 1945
Stalin and Chinese Minister Soong discuss the necessity of warm relations between China and the Soviet Union; Stalin pledges to support China's position.
July 1945
Harriman reports on Chiang Kai-Shek and Stalin's bartering over the status of Outer Mongolia. Chiang refuses to recognize its independence now, but offers to hold a plebiscite after the war.
July 7, 1942
At the instruction of the Soviet government and Cde. Stalin personally, the Soviet ambassador to China is instructed to inform Chiang Kai-shek of the worrying views expressed by Shicai Sheng in his recent letter to Stalin, Voroshilov, and Molotov and present him with the text of Molotov's reply.
July 12, 1972
Excerpt in which Zhou Enlai recounts his and Mao Zedong’s trip to China in 1945
September 19, 1952
Conversation between Stalin and Zhou Enlai focusing on the Korean War. They discussed the exchange of POWs (and the Mexican proposal), peace negotiations, Chinese cooperation with India and Burma, and the creation of regional organizations. They also mentioned Germany (reunification), the situation/reforms in Xinjiang, Taiwan and Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi), and military aid.
April 11, 1967
Zhou Enlai warns the Vietnamese delegation not to bend to Soviet demands.