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1955	Report by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Some Existing Issues in and Suggestions for the Asia-Africa Conference' A Chinese Foreign Ministry report on three sets of issues facing the Asian-African Conference.
1955	View of the Asian-African Conference from the Bogor Conference
January 7, 1955	Cable from Huang Zhen, 'Regarding the Situation at Bogor' According to Huang Zhen, the Indonesian government had had the intention to invite China to attend the Asian-African Conference. The Indonesian authority gives high evaluations to the Bogor Conference. Currently, the Indonesian government are actively preparing for the Asian-African Conference.
March 9, 1955	Cable from Huang Zhen, 'Report regarding Asian-African Conference Issues' The telegram covers the rules of procedure on the Asian-African Conference and some logistic issues and receptions of the Conference.
March 23, 1955	Cable from Huang Zhen, 'It Would Be Best if the Delegation Attending the Asian-African Conference has a Muslim Member' Huang Zhang suggests having at least one Muslim in the members of Chinese delegation to the Asian-African Conference due to that many participating countries are Islamic countries.
March 27, 1955	Report from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Compilation of the Excerpts of the Telegrams Concerning the Asian-African Conference' The collection of telegrams covers the procedure and agenda about the Asian-African Conference, the arguments about China’s participation in the Conference, the attempts of the US and the UK to influence the Conference, and the attitudes of various countries toward the Conference.
December 25, 1954	Cable from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'Regarding Our Attitude towards the Afro-Asian Conference' The Chinese Foreign Ministry informed Chinese embassies overseas that China supported the Asian-African Conference as well as the participation of the countries with whom China had no diplomatic relation, such as Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand. China also emphasized that Chiang Kai-shek was not to be invited to the Conference.
April 1, 1955	Report from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, 'The Asian-African Conference' The note covers the background, achievements, and influence of the Asian-African Conference. It states that the Conference was initiated because Asian and African countries gained their independence after the Second World War and wanted to tackle the imperialism and colonialism. After the Conference, there was an increase of anti-imperialism sentiment among the Asian and African countries.