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June 27, 1981	Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party since the Founding of the People’s Republic of China The Chinese Communist Party assesses the legacy and shortcomings of Mao Zedong, criticizes the Cultural Revolution, and calls for Party unity going forward.
February 25, 1954	Outline of Comrade Zhou Enlai's Speech at the Discussion Meeting on the Gao Gang Question Zhou Enlai outlines his criticisms of Gao Gang and the reasons for his purge from the Chinese Communist Party.
March 1, 1954	Report of Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and Tan Zhenlin concerning the Discussion Meeting of the Rao Shushi Question Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, and Tan Zhenlin summarize the seven meetings held to discuss the purge of Rao Shushi.
February 26, 1954	Letter, Liu Shaoqi to Mao Zedong Liu Shaoqi asks for instructions before distributing the outline of Zhou Enlai's speech on Gao Gang to cadres throughout the Communist Party.
February 1954	Resolution on Strengthening the Party's Unity After discussing the factionalist activities of Gao Gang and Rao Shushi, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Seventh CCP concludes by passing the 'Resolution on Strengthening the Party's Unity'.
February 25, 1954	Excerpt of Mao Zedong's Edits to the Outline of Zhou Enlai's Speech Mao Zedong reviews a speech by Zhou Enlai on the Gao Gang Affair.
February 28, 1954	Letter from Mao Zedong to Comrade Liu Shaoqi and the Secretariat Mao Zedong approves Hu Qiaomu and Chen Boda's revisions to Zhou Enlai's speech on the Gao Gang Affair.
March 5, 1956	Record of a conversation with DPRK Minister of Construction Kim Seung-hwa by Soviet Embassy Counsellor in the DPRK S. N. Filatov, 5 March 1956 Kim Seung-hwa speaks to Filatov about his recent inspection trip to a fertilizer plant. Kim says that he does not support the KWP CC Presidium decision “The Further Strengthening of the Fight Against Reactionary Bourgeois Ideology in Literature and Art” and its proponents’ aim to characterize Soviet Koreans as an anti-Party faction.
December 29, 1955	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK V. I. Ivanov for 29 December 1955 Nam Il reports to Ivanov the proceedings of the most recent KWP CC Presidium. Several Soviet Korean party members, active in the literature and propaganda fields, presented their self-criticisms at the meeting.
December 22, 1955	Journal of Soviet Ambassador to the DPRK V. I. Ivanov for 22 December 1955 Nam Il explains that all Soviet Koreans are facing hostility from local Koreans due to the mistakes of a few individuals, who he says have warranted condemnation by failing to assimilate properly to political and private life in the DPRK. The two also discuss recent developments in Sweden's and Switzerland's efforts to reorganize the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission.