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East Asia
1893- 1976
North America
Southeast Asia
1879- 1953
1898- 1976
China
1912- 1994
1894- 1971
1904- 1997
September 27, 1958
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.
October 11, 1958
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 5, 1958
Speaking with Soviet Charge d'Affaires Antonov, Zhou Enlai analyzes the American response to the Chinese bombing of Jinmen Island.
October 2, 1980
Instructions to Soviet ambassadors discussing the growing military cooperation between China and the United States.
July 22, 1958
Mao Zedong held this conversation with Yudin in the context of the emerging dispute between Beijing and Moscow on establishing a Chinese-Soviet joint submarine flotilla.
December 12, 1956
Chen Yun explains why China cannot purchase as many military supplies from the Soviet Union as original proposed.
March 13, 1957
The Chinese government corrects perceived errors in a report complied by the Soviet Far East Economic Committee on China's economic development.
December 14, 1957
The Chinese Government proposes that a joint Sino-Soviet commission in charge of national defense industry be established.
April 5, 1956
Soviet Ambassador Yudin discusses the 20th Congress of the CPSU with Mao, including Khrushchev's "secret speech" denouncing Stalin and his cult of personality. Mao had already seen a copy and discusses mistakes in Stalin's policy towards China at length.
January 6, 1961
Ambassador Chervonenko records an unexpected and surprisingly warm meeting with Mao in which the leader talks about his lessened role in the Chinese government.