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Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1950-1959

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

East Asia

China

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

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Portrait of Mao Zedong from propaganda poster

Mao, Zedong

1893- 1976

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Photograph of 38th parallel crossing during Korean War

Korean War, 1950-1953

Photograph of Zhou Enlai in 1972.

Zhou, Enlai

1898- 1976

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Chinese troops cross the Yalu River, 1950, to fight in the Korean War.

China and the Korean War

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Roshchin, Nikolai V.

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Portrait of Peng Dehuai

Peng, Dehuai

1898- 1974

Conversations with Mao Zedong

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

Presidential Office Building of Taiwan

East Asia

Taiwan

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

Photograph of Korean War armistice signing

Korean War Armistice

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China

Manchuria

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May 16, 1950	Telegram, Filippov [Stalin] to Mao Zedong via the Soviet ambassador Stalin notifies Mao Zedong that he believes the signing of a treaty pact between China and North Korea should only come after Korean reunification.
October 14, 1959	From the Journal of Ambassador S.F. Antonov, Summary of a Conversation with the Chairman of the CC CPC Mao Zedong October 1959 conversation between Mao Zedong and the Soviet diplomat and sinologist S.F. Antonov, in which Mao attempted to reassure the Soviets that China would not provoke war with the United States or with its Asian neighbors. In his conversation with Antonov, Mao attempts to lessen the impact of China’s displeasure with Soviet policies. He tries hard to show his agreement with Moscow on every issue—the United States, Taiwan, India, Tibet, disarmament.
June 20, 1959	Letter from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee to the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee on the Temporary Halt in Nuclear Assistance The Soviet Central Committee informs their Chinese counterparts that, in light of the arms reduction talks taking place in Geneva, Soviet nuclear assistance must cease. The Chinese had requested a sample atomic bomb and technical data, but the Soviet feared that doing so would imperil the efforts of the socialist countries in Geneva.
April 4, 1958	Letter from Nikita Khrushchev to Zhou Enlai on the Prohibition of Nuclear Testing Khrushchev writes to Zhou outlining the Soviet Union's argument for the need to halt the testing of atomic weapons, and urges the Chinese to support and agree to the ban.
February 28, 1958	Conversation of Mao Zedong with Soviet Ambassador Pavel Yudin (Excerpt) In a conversation with Soviet ambassador Yudin, Mao sees a prohibition of the use of hydrogen weapons as very likely, as the capitalist countries "[fear] fighting this kind of war." Further, he notes that the socialist countries have an advantage over Western ones in terms of conventional army size.
March 22, 1957	Memorandum from the Soviet Government to the Chinese Government on the Arms Reduction Issue A memorandum from the Soviet government to the Chinese updating them on the arms reduction talks, a key component of which was a prohibition of the testing of atomic and hydrogen weapons. The Soviet proposal also called for reductions in conventional weapons and the prohibition of installing nuclear weapons outside their territorial borders.
December 8, 1950	Letter from Zhou Enlai to Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, and Chen Yun Zhou Enlai reports on Soviet replies to telegrams from the Chinese side.
October 14, 1950	Letter from Zhou Enlai to Stalin Zhou Enlai requests military equipment and support for Chinese operations from the Soviet side, and asks for instructions on solving the issue of command relationships between the North Korean, Chinese, and Soviet forces.
July 11, 1950	Telegram from the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee to Gao Gang Due to the Korean situation, the Soviet government requests the use of air and railway transport through China, to which the Chinese side agrees.
May 13, 1950	Telegram from Zhou Enlai to Nikolai Bulganin Zhou Enlai presses Moscow to accelerate the dispatchment of requested equipment and personnel by the specified deadline so that the Chinese air force and navy can prepare for the military campaign to seize Zhoushan Island.